Chairman of an aerospace investment company suspended after reportedly attacking, hospitalizing two senior academicians
刚刚通报！2000亿航天投资董事长酒后殴打两院士
The chairman of an aerospace investment company under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) was suspended from his post and is under further investigation after the chairman reportedly beat two academicians severely that they required hospitalization, which has drawn huge attention on Chinese social media.
According to a statement that CASC made on Sunday, the company has sent a team to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the case and will deal with the case seriously based on the result.
Zhang Tao, the 57-year-old Chairman of China Aerospace Investment Holding Ltd., an investment management entity authorized by CASC, beat two academicians from the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), an international non-governmental organization, 85-year-old Wang Jinnian and 55-year-old Wu Meirong, on June 6, according to a report by China Newsweek on Saturday, quoting a document that an industrial insider provided.
据多家媒体报道，一份材料近几日在网上流传，其中描述了航天投资控股有限公司党委书记、董事长张陶打伤两名国际宇航科学院（IAA）院士王晋年和吴美蓉的经过，署名即为当事人之一王晋年。该材料称，6月6日晚，张陶寻求王晋年和吴美蓉推荐IAA院士资格不成，出手打伤两人，致85岁的吴美蓉脊椎骨折，55岁的王晋年肋骨骨折。
7月4日，@中国航天科技集团发布“关于张陶同志酒后打人事件的通报”：全面调查，对张陶同志即日起暂停履职、配合调查的决定。
