July 20, 2011
By Hu Jia, EO Online
Translated by Zhu Na

 Another senior railway official is being investigated for corruption, after accusations that he received a Beijing property from the owner of a coal mine in Inner Mongolia.

 Su Shunhu (苏顺虎), Deputy Director of Transport Bureau of Ministry of Railway, was detailed by the Disciplinary Commission of CPC last month.

 He is the second bureau-level official to be detained. Zhang Shuguang(张曙光), former Director and Deputy Chief Engineer of Transport Bureau of Ministry of Railway Is also under investigation.

 According to insiders from the railway department, Su is suspected of helping a coal mine owner from Inner Mongolia to “coordinate” railway transport for coal.

 Su was last seen in public at the beginning of June when the Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway was about to open.

 Since the case of Liu Zhijun(刘志军), the former Minister of Railway who was detained for corruption on Feb 11, a series of officials in related departments and bureaus of Ministry of Railway and local railway bureaus have been held.

 Those now under investigation include: Zhang Shuguang, former Director and Deputy Chief Engineer of Transport Bureau of Ministry of Railway, Shao Liping(邵力平), Director of Nanchang(南昌) Railway Bureau, Lin Fenqiang (林奋强), Director and Ma Junfei (马俊飞), Deputy Director of Hohhot(呼和浩特) Railway Bureau.

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EO Online 刘志军案续:铁道部运输局副局长苏顺虎被双规