Couple dismissedafter wife slaps tour guide in face

A couple from Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps were removed from their posts on Monday after an online video - showing the wife slapping a tour guide in the face - triggered public anger, an official from the organization confirmed yesterday.

The wife, Yu Fuqin, Party secretary of a hospital attached to the No 221 Regiment of the corps, and husband, Chen Wei, vice-colonel of the regiment, were dismissed, corps' official Zhang Nan said.

Established in 1954, the corps is an economic and semi-military governmental organization that has de facto administrative authority over several cities in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.