The Low Official Found with Towering Pile of Cash, Gold and Properties

Ma Chaoqun

(Beijing) – The Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog recently found 37 kilograms of gold, documents showing ownership of 68 properties and 120 million yuan in cash at the home of an official in the northern province of Hebei who is facing a graft inquiry.

Ma Chaoqun, a deputy researcher in the Qinhuangdao City urban management bureau and general manager of the water supply company in the city's Beidaihe district, is facing charges related to taking bribes, embezzlement and misappropriating public funds, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.