http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/07/hu-jintaos-son-linked-to-african-corruption-probe/ The Telegraph reports on a corruption probe in Namibia which involves a Chinese company headed until last year by Hu Jintaoâs son, Hu Haifeng, 38: The investigation centres on a £34 million deal Namibia signed with Nuctech to provide it with scanners for its ports and airports. Under the deal, the Namibian government was to make a £8 million down payment, with the balance coming from a loan Beijing has provided Namibia, on condition that it is spent with Chinese companies. But according to Namibiaâs Anti-Corruption Commission, within weeks of the ministry of finance making its payment to Nuctech, the company signed contracts for an identical sum with a Namibian consultancy called Teko Trading. See also reports from AllAfrica.com and Mail and Guardian. The Telegraph reports in another story that NucTech is also in trouble with the European Union after Smiths Group, one of Britainâs largest engineering firms, accused it of illegal dumping: Smiths claimed NucTech was using the enormous resources of the Chinese government to lower prices allegedly âto a degree that precludes free and open competition.â It claimed the market had become âfatally distortedâ and urged the European Commission to âact firmly and restore commercial credibilityâ to the market. The Commission said it was in the middle of a âfull investigationâ. It is unclear whether Mr Hu has been formally questioned by the Commission, but he has recently resigned his directorship of NucTech although he is the Communist Party secretary of a holding company that oversees NucTech, alongside a number of other companies.
Corruption is a way of life for politicians, but especially chinese politicians. What is there to expect? Politicians at that level are probably proud of it.