Official sacked over television crew mess

SHANGHAI: An official in Zhejiang province was removed from office for approving shooting by a television crew who left behind a large amount of waste at a reservoir serving 300,000 people.

Huang Xingfa, director of the irrigation project administration of Yangxi Reservoir, was dismissed on Wednesday for failing to enforce water resources protection laws by allowing the shooting of The Three Kingdoms television series at the reservoir, the People's Daily reported on its website on Friday.

The shooting, which started on April 6, ended with piles of plastic food boxes, bottles, human excrement and oil stains left behind around the dam, it said. In addition, the air smells of fuel and pieces of junk are floating on the water.