In this photo dated Oct. 2008, Tours mayor, Jean Germain, center, wearing a sash in the colors of the French flag, poses with a group of recently married Chinese couples in front of the city hall in Tours, France. Jean Germain  the former mayor of Tours has been found dead in a suspected suicide right as he was to go on trial over suspected kickbacks involving a spate of group weddings of Chinese visitors in the picturesque Loire Valley city. A defense lawyer said a half-dozen people are on trial over alleged kickbacks linked to euro750,000 ($815,000) that the city spent from 2008 to 2011 to lure Asian visitors _ some for weddings presided over by Germain while he was mayor. (AP Photo/Patrice Deschamps, la Nouvelle Republique) FRANCE OUT
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