Zhang Jun, top Hubei judge, dismissed after tryst video emerges
Investigation launched after Zhang Jun caught with mistress on CCTV footage at budget hotel
A senior judge in Hubei province was sacked yesterday after a video emerged online showing him entering and leaving a hotel with his alleged mistress.
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| A series of screengrabs taken from the video show the two at a budget hotel. Photos: news.163.com |
Zhang Jun, who headed the third division of the provincial criminal court, was dismissed by Hubei's High People's Court, which said he would be subjected to further investigation and "treatment". It said Zhang had maintained a long-term affair with a woman.
The footage, dated October and taken from a budget hotel's CCTV cameras, surfaced on popular internet forums on Sunday, along with a post indicating Zhang's name and workplace.
The nearly 18-minute video showed Zhang and the woman in the lobby, where she checked in while he waited in the lounge, before taking the same lift.
They were seen leaving the hotel separately more than two hours later.
The woman was said to be a lawyer at a major law firm.
The higher court earlier denied that Zhang - who was a district court judge before being promoted to his latest position in 2011 - worked for the provincial judiciary.