Business star questioned by police

时间：2007-02-13 03:06:52

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26-year-old billionaire businesswoman Wu Ying (File photo)
 
Feb.13 - Billionaire businesswoman Wu Ying's rise to fame was a classic rags-to-riches story, a story many believed to be too good to be true.

 

The doubts looked well founded this weekend after the 26-year-old tycoon1 from East China's Zhejiang Province was held under criminal custody2 in the city of Dongyang on suspicion of illegal fundraising.

 

The local government said in a statement that police received reports from members of the public that Wu and her Bense Group had borrowed money from private business owners at high interest rates.

 

They said an investigation3 team had been set up to comb thorough her financial records.

 

According to China's Criminal Law, Wu, who is said to have 3.8 billion yuan ($475 million) worth of assets but whose resume is almost blank, could face 10 years behind bars if found guilty.

 

Wu shot to public attention last August when she registered 12 companies and bought more than 100 shops in Dongyang.

 

In the following months, Wu's wealth snowballed with businesses in sectors4 including real estate, automobile5 services, decoration materials, entertainment and Internet cafes.

 

Wu's dry-cleaning and automobile service shops provided free services to local people, and she also donated 6.3 million yuan ($813,000) to charity, placing her 95th on a ranking of top donors6 on the Chinese mainland, according to local media.

 

However, there was little in her past that would suggest such a dramatic rise.

 

The oldest child of a farming family in Dongyang's Geshan Town, Wu quit her accounting7 studies at a vocational school to run a beauty salon8 and foot-massage business in the town in the late 1990s.

 

Local media also reported that Wu opened a small car rental9 business with friends in Yiwu, another city in the province. But from there the trail vanishes, until last August when she registered the Bense Group.

 

Suspicions over where Wu's money came from have swept the Chinese media, including speculation10 concerning drug trafficking, munitions11 smuggling12 and money laundering13. Some have even gone so far to say that Wu inherited the money from a warlord in South Asia.

 

In response to the rumors14, Wu held a news conference on January 24 in provincial15 capital of Hangzhou, claiming that her money was clean. She said she acquired her capital from speculating in jewellery, foreign trade, real estate and futures16.

 

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1 tycoon EKkze     
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 custody Qntzd     
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
3 investigation MRKzq     
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。
4 sectors 218ffb34fa5fb6bc1691e90cd45ad627     
n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形
参考例句：
  • Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 automobile rP1yv     
n.汽车，机动车
参考例句：
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
6 donors 89b49c2bd44d6d6906d17dca7315044b     
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
参考例句：
  • Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
  • About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 accounting nzSzsY     
n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
参考例句：
  • A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
  • There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
8 salon VjTz2Z     
n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室
参考例句：
  • Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
  • You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。
9 rental cBezh     
n.租赁，出租，出租业
参考例句：
  • The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
  • We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。
10 speculation 9vGwe     
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
11 munitions FnZzbl     
n.军火，弹药；v.供应…军需品
参考例句：
  • The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标。
  • He rose [made a career for himself] by dealing in munitions.他是靠贩卖军火发迹的。
12 smuggling xx8wQ     
n.走私
参考例句：
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
13 laundering laundering     
n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）
参考例句：
  • Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 rumors 2170bcd55c0e3844ecb4ef13fef29b01     
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷
参考例句：
  • Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
16 futures Isdz1Q     
n.期货，期货交易
参考例句：
  • He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
  • Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

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