(Yicai Global) Nov. 25 – China Resources Land has handed over one of its property agents in southern Guangdong province to the authorities after the employee was found to have solicited bribes.

On Nov. 18, police have taken criminal coercive measures against Zhu, who used to work as a property consultant in Dongguan, after asking for tea money several times in exchange for better house viewing opportunities, the Hong Kong-based real estate developer said in a social media post yesterday, without disclosing the involved sum.

The local public security bureau confirmed the case to Yicai Global, without revealing the scale of bribes. The investigation is still ongoing.

Although such fees for viewings are illegal, the rapidly rising housing prices in many Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, seem to give rise to sneaky opportunists. Many cities have strengthened their regulation on the matter this year.

CR Land has zero-tolerance toward incidents like this, and will deal with it in a serious way while warning other branches about such behavior, the company told Yicai Global.

Editor: Emmi Laine