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Thursday 15 October 2009
Sex beats violence in Chongqing triad trial
The Southern Metropolis News set the tone yesterday with a headline that read: “She paid for 16 handsome young men: let’s see how obscene and violent Wen’s sister-in-law is at today’s hearing!”
It is a trial that promises everything: money, politics, violence - and, most intriguingly, sex.
For days, the mainland has been gripped by the case of Xie Caiping, an alleged Chongqing triad kingpin and sister-in-law of fallen justice chief Wen Qiang. Wen was the most prominent of more than 2,000 people arrested in the sweeping triad crackdown in the municipality that started in June.
Despite the seriousness of the allegations Xie faces in the trial that started yesterday, the mainland media has been far more interested in her apparent salacious appetite for handsome young men than her supposed gang activities. Xie, 46, was widely reported to have employed as many as 16 young lovers for her sexual gratification. It is a mainland media tradition to engage in gossip about mistresses when a corruption case surfaces. But it is rare for women to keep so many lovers.
The Southern Metropolis News set the tone yesterday with a headline that read: “She paid for 16 handsome young men: let’s see how obscene and violent Wen’s sister-in-law is at today’s hearing!”
The media has played a guessing game over the identities and backgrounds of Xie’s young lovers. The China Youth Daily reported yesterday on an affair between Xie and Luo Xuan, a co-defendant. According to its report, Luo, about 28, was a driver and casino manager.
Xie gave Luo 240,000 yuan (HK$273,000) when he wanted to buy a car and open a hair salon. She paid him a monthly salary, covered his entertainment and dining bills, and gave him a credit card. According to the report, Xie was staying with Luo when she was arrested last month.
The story of this affair was even published on cqnews.net, the Chongqing government’s mouthpiece website. But the Yangtze Evening Post quoted an unnamed civil servant as denying the report.
“How can Wen have tolerated his younger brother being a cuckold while providing protection to Xie’s casinos?” he said. Xie is the wife of Wen Bin, the younger brother of Wen Qiang.
Xie went on trial in Chongqing No5 Intermediate People’s Court, accused of organising gang activities, illegally operating casinos, false imprisonment, accommodating drug abusers and offering bribes. She denied most of the charges but admitted owning shares in casinos.
China Youth Daily said she had operated more than 80 casinos since 2005, including one across the street from the municipality’s highest court. “Habitual gamblers believed casinos operated by Xie were the safest casinos in town, because no police dared seize a gambling venue under the protection of Chongqing’s justice bureau chief,” the report said.
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Sex beats violence in Chongqing triad trial
Fiona Tam
15 October 2009
It is a trial that promises everything: money, politics, violence - and, most intriguingly, sex.
For days, the mainland has been gripped by the case of Xie Caiping, an alleged Chongqing triad kingpin and sister-in-law of fallen justice chief Wen Qiang. Wen was the most prominent of more than 2,000 people arrested in the sweeping triad crackdown in the municipality that started in June.
Despite the seriousness of the allegations Xie faces in the trial that started yesterday, the mainland media has been far more interested in her apparent salacious appetite for handsome young men than her supposed gang activities. Xie, 46, was widely reported to have employed as many as 16 young lovers for her sexual gratification. It is a mainland media tradition to engage in gossip about mistresses when a corruption case surfaces. But it is rare for women to keep so many lovers.
The Southern Metropolis News set the tone yesterday with a headline that read: “She paid for 16 handsome young men: let’s see how obscene and violent Wen’s sister-in-law is at today’s hearing!”
The media has played a guessing game over the identities and backgrounds of Xie’s young lovers. The China Youth Daily reported yesterday on an affair between Xie and Luo Xuan, a co-defendant. According to its report, Luo, about 28, was a driver and casino manager.
Xie gave Luo 240,000 yuan (HK$273,000) when he wanted to buy a car and open a hair salon. She paid him a monthly salary, covered his entertainment and dining bills, and gave him a credit card. According to the report, Xie was staying with Luo when she was arrested last month.
The story of this affair was even published on cqnews.net, the Chongqing government’s mouthpiece website. But the Yangtze Evening Post quoted an unnamed civil servant as denying the report.
“How can Wen have tolerated his younger brother being a cuckold while providing protection to Xie’s casinos?” he said. Xie is the wife of Wen Bin, the younger brother of Wen Qiang.
Xie went on trial in Chongqing No5 Intermediate People’s Court, accused of organising gang activities, illegally operating casinos, false imprisonment, accommodating drug abusers and offering bribes. She denied most of the charges but admitted owning shares in casinos.
China Youth Daily said she had operated more than 80 casinos since 2005, including one across the street from the municipality’s highest court. “Habitual gamblers believed casinos operated by Xie were the safest casinos in town, because no police dared seize a gambling venue under the protection of Chongqing’s justice bureau chief,” the report said.
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