One more netted in corruption scandal

A total of eight senior government officials in Chongqing have now been linked to a corruption scandal in the municipality's property market.

Jiang Yong, former chief of Chongqing's municipal urban planning bureau, was the eighth person to be charged and will go on trial soon, Oriental Look magazine said yesterday.

Three officials were charged earlier in the bribery case, which now involves 19.91 million yuan ($2.92 million), according to the court's investigation.