Chinese political advisor dismissed over ivory trading  

浙江省政協委員邵燕芳因涉嫌犯罪被撤銷資格

中國人民政治協商會議第十一屆浙江省委員會委員邵燕芳，因涉嫌犯罪，根據《中國人民政治協商會議章程》第二十九條的規定，撤銷邵燕芳中國人民政治協商會議第十一屆浙江省委員會委員資格。[查看全文]

A political advisor from east China's Zhejiang Province has been dismissed from her post on suspicion of involvement in ivory trading.

Shao Yanfang, a member of Zhejiang's regional committee of Chinese People' s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has been disqualified as a political advisor. The decision was made at a meeting of Zhejiang CPPCC.

Shao, board chairwoman of Jinhua Zhengpeng Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., was found to have hoarded 22 elephant tusks at her home in Jinhua City at the end of last year. She was arrested on Dec. 27. Further investigation showed that Shao had in recent years purchased a total of 36 tusks from two brothers surnamed Wang. The whereabouts of the other 14 tusks are unknown.

Her case has been forwarded to the procuratorate of the city of Yongkang.