Across China: Chongqing

Developers investigated

Two property developers and a local official are under criminal detention, as a joint investigation led by the municipal government of Chongqing yesterday revealed their involvement in a case of illegal property development that since April caused the buildings nearby to develop cracks in walls, threatening more than 400 residents' safety.

Liu Xiangxing, former chief of the Young'an township in Chongqing's Fengjie county, had taken bribes from Hu Houyuan and Xiao Fafu, both from the Yunfa Property Development Company in Chongqing, for granting the unlicensed construction and pre-sales of buildings developed by the company, Wei Ping, the director-in-chief of the city's Land Resources and Houses Law Enforcement and Supervisory unit, said yesterday at a press conference.