The trial of the case “Chinese marriage” opened Tuesday in a dramatic turn of events, former Mayor of Tours Jean Germain, pursued in this case, having left a farewell letter in which he says only injustice and dishonor to him “unbearable.” Socialist Senator, 67 years old and considered close to François Hollande, was found dead later in the morning near his home. By late afternoon the prosecutor Jean-Luc Beck Tours confirmed death by suicide, “This is suicide Nothing thwarts this hypothesis there is no doubt..”, He has told AFP, which was reached by phone. “There are very clear letters, the hunting weapon used …” he was quoted as evidence indicating a suicidal gesture. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Jean Germain was to appear for “complicity of illegal taking of interest and misappropriation of public funds”, as part of the mock wedding organization Chinese tourists he celebrated the Tours town hall wearing his tricolor sash between 2007 and 2011.
“It was very, very bad this morning,” said the lawyer, referring Figure Roger Salengro, the Interior Minister of the Popular Front who committed suicide in 1936 after a smear campaign accusing him of desertion during the First World War. The presiding judge announced late morning the adjournment of the trial “due to unavoidable circumstances.”
“I hope we will find him alive”
“I know the evil that I do, the pain I’m going to spread to those m like it but we can not let the systematic hunting policies proceed normally on a daily basis, “writes Jean Germain in his farewell letter. “There are beings, I’m sure, where injustice and disgrace are unbearable,” added the former mayor. “Be assured that I have not turned a penny, that I am not enriched me that I have always worked for what I thought was the happiness of Touraine,” he says. In this letter, Jean Germain said to expect that the Crown requires against him “for reasons more political.” “It’s unbearable,” he added, before adding: “As far I can recognize mistakes, lack of discernment, so I can not accept this without flinching felony.”
“Romantic Wedding in Touraine”
The folder “Chinese marriage” has its origin in the organization between 2007 and 2011 for a Chinese customer “Romantic Wedding in Touraine” . These included visits to the Loire castles, as well as the city of Tours, including the mayor, wearing his tricolor sash, posed for the picture at weddings sham. Dozens of Chinese couples are thus came for, on the banks of the Loire, an exotic touch to the French. A former member of the cabinet of the Mayor of Tours, Lise Han, is under investigation for fraud in the case of Chinese weddings. Justice is suspected of having been the manager of the company that makes organizing such marriages in Touraine.
Jean Germain had indicated he was unaware of the Lise Han’s actions. He was defeated in the last municipal elections, when he was running for a fourth term. “Tombeur” Jean Royer, who led the city for 36 years, Jean Germain Tours was mayor from 1995 to 2014. A former academic, son pastry was Senator of Indre-et-Loire since 2011. After supported Ségolène Royal during the 2007 presidential campaign, he had finally rallied for socialist Francois Hollande the last presidential primary. He advised the future president for education issues.
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