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Shanghai tycoon in court on new charges

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Oct. 25 - Shanghai property tycoon¹ Zhou Zhengyi on Wednesday appeared in court again on new charges after serving a three-year term for fraud and manipulating the stock market.

This time, the Shanghai Municipal People's Prosecutor² charged Zhou with misappropriation of funds, bribery³ and forging VAT⁴ receipts.

Sources with the Shanghai No. Two Intermediate People's Court said that the trial would last for days because of the complicated nature of the charges.

The same court gave jail terms to four prison officials in Shanghai in August for taking bribes⁵ and providing preferential treatment to Zhou, who was released from prison in May, 2006.

Zhou, former president of Shanghai-based property firm Nongkai Development Group, was detained again in October, 2006, as prosecutors⁶ investigated the Shanghai social security fund scandal.

Shanghai courts began to hear cases of officials involved in the scandal in June. The financial scandal was exposed to the public last year, with 3.7 billion yuan involved.

Investigators⁷ found the money had been illegally loaned, by a company of the municipal labor⁸ and social security bureau, to Shanghai Feidian Investment Development Co. Ltd, a company controlled by another business tycoon Zhang Rongkun, number 16 on the Forbes China Rich List in 2005, who has also been arrested as part of the investigation⁹ into the misuse¹⁰ of the pension funds.

Zhang was the first person arrested amid the government's probe into the fund scandal, which also brought down a number of high-ranking officials including former Shanghai Party chief Chen Liangyu. But there has been no official link drawn¹¹ between Chen and Zhou.

Zhou, 45, also known as Chau Ching-ngai, started business as a teenager in a wonton noodle shop. In 2002, Forbes estimated Zhou's wealth at about 320 million U.S. dollars.

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1 tycoon
n.有钱有势的企业家，大亨
参考例句：
The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。 The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。

2 prosecutor
n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人
参考例句：
The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。 The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

3 bribery
n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿
参考例句：
FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。 He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

4 vat
n.(=value added tax)增值税，大桶
参考例句：
The office is asking for the vat papers.办事处要有关增值税的文件。 His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat.他父亲把一袋袋发霉的黑面包倒进大桶里。

5 bribes
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

6 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

7 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

9 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 misuse
n.误用，滥用；vt.误用，滥用
参考例句：
It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能，使我深感不安。 He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。

11 drawn
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
参考例句：
All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。 Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

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