Shanghai's top court probes sex allegations against court officials
Investigation launched after blog post claims judges were caught on video with prostitutes
Shanghai's top court has promised an investigation into allegations that court officials have patronised prostitutes and committed other potential violations of Communist Party discipline.
The five officials from Shanghai's Higher People's Court became the latest party cadres embroiled in accusations of sexual impropriety after an anonymous blogger released a video that it said showed them out on the town with prostitutes.
Court authorities confirmed that Chen Xueming, a chief tribunal judge, and Zhao Minghua, a deputy tribunal chief judge, were among those under scrutiny.
Surveillance footage included in the blog post appeared to show a group of men coming and going from a Shanghai night club, with young women on their arms. The blogger said the officials had visited a night club at the Hengshan Resort in Shanghai's Pudong New Area on June 9 and booked the biggest private room available.
They chose five prostitutes to entertain them. Around midnight that night, the officials took the women to separate guest rooms on the third floor, the post said. The women were seen leaving the rooms about an hour later, but the officials left the resort together the next morning.