SW China official sacked over holiday giveaway  

广西永福县委书记发百万春节补贴被免

　连日来，一则题为“广西永福县委书记用‘易经’算出发百万补贴不会出事”的网帖引发热议，网贴称“永福县委书记黄永跃顶风作案，在2014年春节前，组织开会决定给该县副处级及以上领导干部发过节补贴，给全县26名领导干部发了上百万元津贴、补贴”。 [查看全文]

A county Party secretary in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been sacked for a suspected discipline violation, authorities said on Thursday.

Huang Yongyue, the Party chief of Yongfu county of Guilin city, was exposed online for giving cash gifts of more than a million yuan (about $160,000) to 26 county officials ahead of Spring Festival this year.

The county's discipline inspection commission secretary, Jing Cuiyan, was also sacked.

Authorities are further investigating the case.