Beijing Olympic corruption probe on-going

The corruption investigation into Liu Zhihua, a former Beijing vice mayor who oversaw much of the $40bn (€31bn) being spent on Olympics projects, is still on-going, an Olympic planning official said today.

Tue, 08 Aug, 2006 - 11:48

Charges against Liu have yet to be filed, said Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.

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