Police have arrested more than a dozen people including low-level officials in Huizhou in Guangdong province for allegedly embezzling compensation money meant for villagers affected by a US$4.35 billion petrochemical project. The group allegedly tried to cheat the government of more than US$1 million from a compensation fund set aside for farmers displaced by the…
CHINA: Police make arrest for alleged fraud in Shell’s Huizhou project
Posted on February 21, 2003 by EnergyAsia