Tag Archives: Shi Jianfeng

Spring Festival travel fever begins; Ministry of Transport responds to “toll-fee incident”

Posted on 2011-01-19 by Alice Xin Liu

The case of Shi Jianfeng has been in papers a lot lately. A reporter from the Beijing News tried to get a response from a high official in the Transport Ministry (交通部). First, the issue of Beijing traffic jams is addressed:

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Toll judges fired and suspended

Posted on 2011-01-17 by Alice Xin Liu

Shi Jianfeng was sentenced to life in prison for evading toll charges 2,361 times when he drove on the Zhengzhou－Yaoshan highway. After internet uproar and a claim by his brother that it was actually him, the Pingdingshan Intermediate People’s Court issued a retrial. Today, media such as the Southern Metropolis Daily, points to Lou Yanwei, and Hou Xiaokong, both dismissed from their posts, and vice president of the court Ren Jianjun was suspended.

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