Oliver North shredding government documents related to these activities at William Casey's suggestion when the Iran-Contra scandal became public. He also testified that Robert McFarlane had asked him to alter official records to delete references to direct assistance to the Contras and that he had helped. North was tried in 1988. He was indicted on 16 felony counts, and on May 4, 1989, he was initially convicted of three: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and ordering the destruction of documents through his secretary, Fawn Hall. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard
Shanghai pension scandal People’s Court, Tianjin. Also sacked and expelled from the Communist Party were: All those sacked will face criminal charges. Chen was seen as a senior member of the Shanghai clique who worked with former CPC General secretary, President Jiang Zemin and were seen as rivals to the former CPC General secretary, President Hu Jintao. The dismissals were seen as strengthening the authority of Hu within the party and weakening the Jiang loyalists. A thinly veiled reference to this scandal is a major plot element of the Chinese TV drama "Dwelling Narrowness". Shanghai pension scandal The Shanghai pension scandal was a