The former chief of a Chinese city hit by a devastating earthquake is under investigation for “serious discipline violations”, officials said on Wednesday, amid accusations that he used the disaster to defraud the government.
A powerful tremor registering 7.0 on the Richter scale (6.6 according to the US Geological Survey) and a series of strong aftershocks hit near the city of Yaan in southwestern China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013, causing heavy casualties and losses.
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