Trouble for officials over shemale performance

County officials in Sichuan province have been outed for allegedly using the public purse to pay for a shemale show in Thailand five years ago, Newssc.org reported on Friday.

The alleged incident took place in 2004 but came to light after a netizen, tagged Zhaoyaojing, published photos online on Tuesday on the forum bbs.scol.com.cn. The netizen is understood to have put the photos on the Internet in a bid to expose the apparent misuse of public funds by the officials from Luxian county in Luzhou, Sichuan province.

The netizen posted three names and job titles along with the photos: Yang Shaoquan, the chief of Xuantan town in Luxian county; Ai Yahui, the vice-chief of the county's technology department; and Hong Daifu, director of the county's supply and marketing cooperative.