Cash wedding gifts trigger investigations of 2 officials

Two officials in Chongqing's Qijiang district were placed under investigation by the local disciplinary watchdog after receiving a large amount of cash as gifts at their daughters' weddings, Chongqing Morning Post reported on Wednesday.

A township official in the district was removed from his post after he received 12,200 yuan ($2,000) in cash gifts during the wedding ceremony of his daughter on Oct 2, the report said.

The official, who was not identified in the report, invited village officials and officials of the township where he once worked to the wedding of his daughter.

Another official, who is the deputy head of the district's agricultural authority, was also placed under investigation by the district's discipline inspection commission for receiving 8,900 yuan in cash gifts during the wedding of his daughter.