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Commit suicide and call fortune teller: how graft accused met investigators

Updated: 2015-01-27 15:46
By Liu Jing (chinadaily.com.cn)

Commit suicide and call fortune teller: how graft accused met investigators

Li Zhen, former Party chief of provincial office of State Administration of Taxation, on trial on October 9, 2003.[Photo/xinhuanet.com]

Call fortune teller

Just like many of his successors, Li Zhen, former Party chief of provincial office of State Administration of Taxation, became agitated when asked to attend a meeting on March 1, 2000. He immediately called a fortune teller, who promised him that he will be "all right". Li was placed under investigation as soon as he appeared at the meeting.

It is fair to assume that the believer did not call his master again.

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