Chinese political advisor dismissed over ivory trading  

浙江省政协委员邵燕芳因涉嫌犯罪被撤销资格

中国人民政治协商会议第十一届浙江省委员会委员邵燕芳，因涉嫌犯罪，根据《中国人民政治协商会议章程》第二十九条的规定，撤销邵燕芳中国人民政治协商会议第十一届浙江省委员会委员资格。[查看全文]

A political advisor from east China's Zhejiang Province has been dismissed from her post on suspicion of involvement in ivory trading.

Shao Yanfang, a member of Zhejiang's regional committee of Chinese People' s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has been disqualified as a political advisor. The decision was made at a meeting of Zhejiang CPPCC.

Shao, board chairwoman of Jinhua Zhengpeng Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., was found to have hoarded 22 elephant tusks at her home in Jinhua City at the end of last year. She was arrested on Dec. 27. Further investigation showed that Shao had in recent years purchased a total of 36 tusks from two brothers surnamed Wang. The whereabouts of the other 14 tusks are unknown.

Her case has been forwarded to the procuratorate of the city of Yongkang.