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Ex-lover of disgraced actress Zheng Shuang fined US$5 million for his role in tax evasion case

  • Zhang Heng helped set up the fraudulent company that handled Zheng’s illegal dual-contracts
  • But he was also a whistle-blower in the case, lessening his punishment

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Actress Zheng Shuang (left) was fined US$46 million for tax evasion and her ex-partner Zhang Heng was fined US$5 million for abetting the crime. Photo: Getty Images
Mandy Zuoin Shanghai

The former partner of Zheng Shuang, who has run afoul of Chinese regulators, was fined more than 32 million yuan (US$5 million) on Monday for helping the disgraced actress evade taxes.

The Shanghai tax authority said it was fining Zhang Heng because he was responsible for approving and enforcing Zheng’s dual-priced contracts, which allowed her to avoid 43 million yuan (US$6.7 million) in taxes.
Zhang, who was in a long-term relationship with Zheng, was a source who revealed the tax-dodging scheme to authorities.
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The relationship fallout between Zheng and Zhang has been tabloid fodder for nearly a year. Photo: Getty Images
The relationship fallout between Zheng and Zhang has been tabloid fodder for nearly a year. Photo: Getty Images

“Considering that Zhang was one of the whistle-blowers in Zheng’s tax evasion case, he was fined three-quarters the amount of taxes that were evaded, totalling 32.27 million yuan,” the Shanghai Municipal Tax Service said in a statement.

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Zheng was fined 299 million yuan (US$46 million) for her role in the scheme.

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