41.   The reports said He had been identified as a member of a gang of swindlers operating in Hunan that regularly conducted shady deals involving trading in restricted goods.

42.   Major Japanese oil distributor Mitsubishi Oil Co. Ltd. said Friday its chairman would resign to take blame for shady deals with a dealer charged with bribery and tax evasion.

43.   Prominent cabinet members have been accused in an endless string of financial and political scandals involving charges of vote-buying, illegal land appropriation and shady stock deals.