On October 25, police determined that Ma, the village party secretary of Luoyi Village, Luliang County, had threatened the personal safety of others and fined him 600 yuan. However, the penalty notice listed his workplace as "none"; the town government confirmed that he concurrently serves as the village secretary and village director.
On October 24, Mr. Hu, an environmental blogger in Qujing, Yunnan, stated that after he exposed pollution issues in Luoyi Village, Luliang County, he received a threatening call from someone claiming to be a villager, who threatened that he would "die right here." After reporting it to the police, he learned that the caller was the village Party secretary, surnamed Ma.
According to records of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) judiciary, Deputy Director Ma XXX of Biyang Industry and Information Bureau colluded with the local casting company head, fabricated a roster of absent workers, defrauded over 1.94 million yuan of closure small enterprise subsidy funds, and divided the loot according to the June Fourth ratio.