BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 17 (Chinese media) -- Two Argentine
inspectors have been arrested for blackmailing a Chinese supermarket owner,
local police said on Friday.
The two inspectors from the public health bureau of
Buenos Aires threatened to close a Chinese supermarket for sub-standard
sanitation, unless its owner could "pay them off."
The owner, however, later reported to the local
police and presented as evidence a recording of their conversation and a photo
copy of the bribery money he prepared to pay.
The two suspects were arrested on the spot when they
came to the supermarket on Thursday to collect the "grease money."
The two inspectors, who were accused of blackmailing
and illegal tax collection, could face up to four years in prison if convicted.
About 80,000 ethnic Chinese are now living in
Argentina, and many of them choose to run supermarket for a living. In the
capital city Buenos Aires and the surrounding provinces alone, there are about
3,000 Chinese supermarkets.
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