A discipline inspection official from the health bureau in Linzhou, Henan Province, has been suspended from his position and is now under investigation after three photos showing him cuddling with a naked woman were released online earlier this month, the city's commission for discipline inspection confirmed to the Global Times Wednesday.
The pictures of Feng Xilin, 45, who is also a member of the bureau's Party committee, were posted anonymously online. The poster also claimed Feng is a home wrecker, and accused him of destroying several families and keeping mistresses.
The bureau told Zhengzhou-based Dahe Daily that the woman in the photo is a doctor at a local hospital, who married Feng two days after the scandal was exposed. Both Feng and the woman were divorced.
The official from the city's commission, surnamed Wang, told the Global Times that results of the investigation will be published soon. The health bureau could not be reached for comment as of press time.
Feng is hardly the only official to fall victim to his libido. A handwritten promise by Shan Zengde, deputy director of Shandong provincial agricultural department, to his mistress Su Chunyuan was widely circulated online in late November. In the letter, Shan promised that he would divorce his wife by December 20 and marry Su.
At the bottom of the letter, there was a signature by a witness, Shi Fang, who is the deputy director of the department's general office.
Some 12 hours after the letter was revealed, the provincial discipline watchdog launched an investigation.
The Beijing Times reported Wednesday that as of Monday, there had been 39 cases involving corrupt officials exposed through online posts in the last five years, of which 19 came this year. Of the 39 cases, one third involved inappropriate sexual relationships.
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