SHENZHEN, Guangdong - Some netizens are calling for tougher penalties after hundreds of applicants for low-income housing in this South China city used fake documents to cover up their wealth.
广东 深圳——几百名在这个华南城市申请低收入住房的申请者，伪造文件以掩饰其财富后，一些网民提议严厉处罚。
Notices have been sent to 290 applicants who used falsified documents to qualify for low-income housing in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
通告已经发给了广东省深圳的290名伪造文件以达到低收入房屋申请标准的申请者。
They face fines of up to 5,000 yuan ($770) and are not allowed to apply for government-subsidized housing for three years.
他们将面临最高5000元的罚款，及不允许在未来三年申请政府的保障性住房。
"It's not funny when you figure out the application list should only involve poor people, while some local rich guys are on it," said Shenzhen native Liu Yuan on Weibo.com, a popular micro blog.
这并不好笑，当你知道申请名单不但包括穷人，也有一些当地的有钱人在其中。深圳居民刘在一著名的微博网站上说。
"A 5,000-yuan penalty is just too light to be a deterrent." 5000元的罚款做为威慑太轻了。
According to the criteria, only families with less than 320,000 yuan in household wealth and who do not own any property can qualify.
根据标准，只有资产少于32万元的家庭，及其没有任何房产才有资格。
However, local media reported that disqualified residents, even some well-paid government employees, cheated on their applications.
然而，当地媒体报导不合标准的居民，甚至一些高收入的政府官员，在其申请上做假。
Pan Xiayun from Shenzhen's housing and construction bureau confirmed that 290 administrative penalty warnings have been issued.
深圳房产建设局的潘确认，290个行政处罚警告已经发布。
Local media said 12 families had already received penalties.
当地媒体说，12个家庭已经接受处罚。
This is not the first time Shenzhen's government-subsidized housing program has caught public attention.
这不是第一次深圳保障性住房程序引起公众关注。
In March, dozens of luxury vehicles such as Mercedes Benz and BMW were spotted in a parking lot at a low-income housing complex in the city. Some applicants were also said to have property in a community where apartments were sold for 20,000 yuan for one square meter.
三月时，许多豪华汽车像奔驰，宝马被发现停在一个低收入住宅区的停车场。一些申请者也说有房产，其社区公寓销售价格为2万元每平米。
A harsher punishment requiring a 100,000-yuan fine and lifetime disqualification for government-subsidized apartments was proposed in April. However, Huang Hongchang from the city's housing and construction bureau said the new rule is still in the process of approval.
四月时一份严厉的处罚被提议，要求处以10万的罚款并终生没有资格申请政府的保障性住房。然而，城市房屋及建设局的黄说新的规则仍然在批准的过程中。
The proposed rule would double the penalty to 200,000 yuan if the fraud was discovered after the applicants successfully obtained the house.
提议的规则将两倍罚金达到20万元，如果在成功申请房屋后被发现做假。
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