TWO SENIOR OFFICIALS of a local State-owned highway investment company have been convicted of corruption. Peng Shu took bribes of 188 million yuan ($28 million), while Hu Haolong accepted 170 million yuan in bribes. Their subordinates also made money illegally. Gmw.cn comments:

It is astonishing that two leading officials of a provincial SOE could grab so much illicit money, yet it is even sadder that such corruption cases have become so common.

Corruption has become so rampant in State-owned highway companies that people jokingly call it "streamline corruption", as one official after another is proving corrupt.