Wealthy brother of top Chinese corruption suspect lived quiet life in ... - Los Angeles Times
fter settling quietly into a $2. 5-million, 8,000-square foot home in the Sacramento suburb of Loomis, the man who introduced himself as Jason Wang said nothing to his new neighbors about being connected to the innermost sanctum of Chinese... Jason Wang was a golf enthusiast, neighbors said. They would come over for dinner,” said neighbor Sarah Matteson, who recalled that she and her husband received a couple of magnums of Napa wine from their new Chinese acquaintances. But several months ago, Matteson said, a van appeared in the neighborhood and a woman and man jumped out, showed Department of Homeland Security badges and asked about the Chinese couple. “I just hope he is safe,” she said of Jason Wang. ” The “intrigue” is one of the most sensitive corruption cases in recent Chinese history — the pending trial of Ling Jihua, the onetime top aide to ex-President Hu Jintao. Until three years ago, Ling Jihua served in a role akin to White House chief of staff, which gave him access to a wealth of confidential information about China’s top leaders, including current President Xi Jinping. But when his son died in a fiery Ferrari crash in 2012, Ling’s political rise came to a quick halt. Source: www.latimes.com
