The following post from veteran investigative reporter and CMP fellow Yang Haipeng (杨海鹏) was deleted from Sina Weibo sometime after 2pm Hong Kong time, Febuary 7, 2012. Yang currently has more than 161,000 followers on Weibo, according to Sina’s numbers. [More on deleted posts at the WeiboScope Search, by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre].

Caijing magazine editor Ding Buzhi (丁补之) revealed today: [250 million in cash] In a villa located in Beijing’s Huilongguan (回龙观) area, investigators opened up a door and discovered that about half of the room, measuring about 40 square meters, was concealed with a sheet. As soon as they pulled it back, they found the whole thing was cash stacked up like a mountain. One source says the owner of the house is a certain district substation head of the Beijing Public Security Bureau who has already fallen for corruption, and who previously served in substations of the Beijing Public Security Bureau in many districts.

Yang’s original post follows:

《财经》的编辑丁补之今天爆料：【2.5亿，现金】在位于北京回龙观的一套别墅内，调查人员拉开一扇门，发现这个40多平方米的房间中，半个房间为遮掩物覆盖。扯开一看，原来堆积成小山的，全是现金。消息源称，别墅主人为已落马的北京市公安局某区分局前局长，曾在北京市公安局某处及多个分局任职。