Tomb may be a marker of corruption

THE LONGHUI COUNTY GOVERNMENT in Shaoyang, Hunan province, said it is investigating a report that a businessman surnamed Xiang, who is also a delegate of the people's congress of the county, has spent 70 million yuan ($11 million) building a grandiose tomb for himself. Beijing News comments:

Construction on the project began in 2013, covering an area of 20 hectares, it has destroyed a large area of mountain forest.

Xiang has obviously violated the rules that prohibit graves of any sort in public forests, as well as the Forest Law that prescribes people destroying 0.67 hectares or larger areas of forests should be prosecuted for criminal liability.