China Corruption Blotter (June 3, 2013)


Li Chaomei, an officer in the Qingzhou (Shandong Province) detention center for suspects awaiting trial, was fingered by a whistleblower for persuading a female detainee to sleep with him in 2010. Li allegedly convinced the woman that she could secure her release by falling pregnant. Local police offered her family $16,254 to cover up the scandal, media reports said. http://news.xinhuanet.com