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BEIJING - China's ruling Communist Party has reportedly fired a local official for having too many children -- both with his wife and a mistress -- in violation of strict family planning policies.
Qin Huaiwen, who headed a construction bureau in Yulin in the north-western province of Shaanxi, had three daughters with his wife and a son and a daughter by his mistress, who was almost 20 years his junior, the Beijing News reports.
Most urban Chinese couples are only allowed to have one child.
One of his daughters by his wife was registered as being his wife's sister's child, while the two children he had with his mistress took their mother's surname and lived with their grandparents, the report said.
The family ties only came to light after the mistress began complaining about a lack of child support and her second-rate position to Qin's wife, the newspaper added.
Qin was also charged with adultery, and was expelled from the party as well as losing his job, it said.
- REUTERS
