Raid on Mob Party Nets 45 Government Officials
From Times Wire Reports
Police who raided a birthday party thrown by a Chinese gangster got a surprise gift: 45 government officials among the guests.
The raid targeted the leader of a gang implicated in a dozen killings and other crimes in Shaoyang, a city in Hunan province, according to police and the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily.
Officials caught at the June 6 party thrown by Yao Zhihong for his son are suspected of protecting him, the report said. They have been suspended during an investigation, it said.
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