Judge's lucrative investment in coalmine causes stir in country

XI'AN - The discipline authority in Shenmu county of Northwest China's Shaanxi province is investigating a judge who won a lawsuit enabling him to receive 11 million yuan ($1.6 million) from his investment in a coalmine.

Wang Zhixiong, secretary of the Party disciplinary commission of Shenmu, said the county's Party committee held a meeting on Monday night and decided to send a seven-member investigation team to probe the judge's case.

The team also will investigate whether other civil servants are involved in coalmine operations and investment - a practice banned by Party discipline regulations, Wang told China Daily on Tuesday.