Swindle Over Purchase of Chinese Railway Sleepers Taiyuan, Sept, 6, No less than 42 persons and ten official organs and business concerns are alleged to be involved ina sensational case of corruption in which Mr. Chang Chih-hsin, Counseller of the Taiyuan Pacifcation Headquerters, and concurrently a member of the Railway Purchasing Commission, is the principal gute. He was recently arrested on the charge of accepting bribes from merchants, who contracted for the supply of railway sleepers for the Tatung-Puchow line, The case is being tried by the Special Criminal Division of the Court. Hearings were held yesterday and on Wednesday, when a number of culprits, as well as the plaintiff who laid the charge, were brought from the detention house and examined, The examination of the plaintiff, Mr, Teng Wel-cheng, occupied the whole session on Wednesday afternoon, He was in the witness box for four hours, and after giving details of the charges against the accused, was released on bail, Yesterday afternoon, three officials of the Financial Readjustment Bureau, of the Shansi Provincial Government Messrs. Chang Tso-chia, Chang. Feng-hsiang, and Chen Hsiao-yun—who had been suspended from office and placed under arrest, were brought before the Court.
'The Shansi People's Association for Political Supervision, a civic organi= zation, has petitioned Gen, Yen Hsi-shan," Director of the' Taiyuan Pacification Headquarters, to deal severely with the culprits. The Asso-lation also has issued 5,000 booklets, Aiving details of the seandal=—Kuo
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