BEIJING: China sacked an official for “extravagant waste” after he spent an estimated 1.6m yuan ($260,000) on a lavish, three-day wedding for his son, state media said yesterday, the latest move in a crackdown on profligate lifestyles and graft.
Ma Linxiang, a deputy village chief from the Beijing suburb of Qingheying, hosted the estimated 250-table wedding at a convention centre that was part of the main 2008 Beijing Olympics venue during the week-long National Day holiday last week.
Ma told the Beijing News that the wedding was hosted by both families, and that he “couldn’t stop” the bride’s family from splurging on the venue as well as a troupe of performers that included two celebrities famous for their own lavish wedding.
Ma said he only paid for the two days of festivities in his village that cost 200,000 yuan, and that he received a fraction of that back in gifts, the newspaper said.
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