'Brother Watch' pleads guilty to corruption
By Ma Lie in Xi'an | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-31 08:14
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Top: Yang Dacai, former head of the Shaanxi provincial work safety administration, is seen on trial on Friday at Xi'an's Intermediate People's Court. Yang pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and owning an unexplained amount of property. Above: The then Shaanxi work safety chief Yang Dacai smiles as he inspects a highway crash that killed 36 people on Aug 26, 2012. The photo sparked public outrage and led to an investigation of his lifestyle. Li Yibo / Xinhua |
A former official of Shaanxi province, who drew public outrage last summer after a news photo showed him smiling at the site of a deadly highway crash and for his collection of luxury watches, pleaded guilty to corruption charges on Friday in Xi'an.
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