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Korean carmakers Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp will pay $350 million in penalties to the US government for overstating vehicles' fuel economy ratings in what officials said on Monday was the biggest settlement of its kind.

The deal comes on top of $395 million the automakers agreed to pay last December to resolve claims from the owners of the vehicles, bringing the companies' total cost for the mileage overstatements to more than $700 million.

Monday's settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Justice and the California Air Resources Board resolves an investigation of the South Korean carmakers' 2012 fuel economy ratings.

The penalties were the largest ever under the Clean Air Act.

"This will send an important message to automakers around the world that they must comply with the law," said Attorney General Eric Holder.

Under the accord, which involved the sale of 1.2 million cars and SUVs, the South Korean car firms will pay a $100 million penalty, spend around $50 million to prevent future violations and forfeit emissions credits estimated to be worth more than $200 million.

The greenhouse gas emissions that the forfeited credits would have allowed are equal to the emissions from powering more than 433,000 homes for a year, the EPA said.

"Businesses that play by the rules shouldn't have to compete with those breaking the law," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

McCarthy said Hyundai and Kia had committed the most egregious violation of the reporting standards. She declined to say whether other violators may also be fined.

"Every automaker will be looking carefully at its current testing procedure to avoid a similar penalty in the future," said Karl Brauer, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book's KBB, who noted "frustration in the gray area between automakers' stated MPG numbers and the real-world results experienced by car owners."

In November 2012, Hyundai and Kia conceded they overstated fuel economy by at least a mile per gallon on vehicles after the EPA found errors for 13 Hyundai and Kia models from the 2011 to 2013 model years. Hyundai said at the time that the affected cars' reported fuel economy would be adjusted by 1 to 2 miles per gallon.

Hyundai and Kia both increased their shares of the US new-vehicle market in the past decade, particularly during the economic downturn of 2008 to 2010 when consumers craved fuel-efficient and relatively low-priced vehicles.

"We are pleased to put this behind us," said Hyundai US chief David Zuchowski. The company added that it believes its process for testing vehicle fuel economy meets US guidelines, and the overstatement was a result of a data processing error.

Hyundai's US chief at the time, John Krafcik, stepped down after his contract expired at the end of 2013.

Kia in a statement said its priority "remains making things right for our customers through our fair and transparent reimbursement program."

BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A seasoned Chinese doctor recently helped expose the practice of patients sneaking red envelopes filled with money into Chinese hospitals for better treatment.

Dr. Li Rui, however, was not discouraging the practice when revealing 'gray income' to a classroom of med students. Quite the opposite.

The Beijing doctor, working at the Aviation and Space Center Hospital affiliated to Peking University and a teacher with the famous New Oriental School, told a group of students that "you should definitely take 'gray income' sent in by patients when it's necessary."

"If you help 100 patients remove their kidney stones in one night, you can expect to buy a Porsche overnight," Li said as he delivered a lecture, which was caught on tape and posted on microblog Sina Weibo this week.

In the video footage, he also said doctors can fabricate medical journals however they wish.

In a country with increasing violence stemming from strained doctor-patient relations, Li's remarks only fanned anger, with the public lashing out at the doctor with a spasm of scathing comments.

"Such doctors should be sacked," wrote a Weibo user.

"Face it, this is reality in China's medical industry," read another comment.

One person advised people to avoid "expensive nightmares" as much as possible.

On Wednesday, Li issued a public apology for what he said. His employer New Oriental apparently caught wind of the incident and ended his contract. Videos of his previous lectures have been removed from its website, the school said on its official Weibo account. The hospital he worked with has launched an internal investigation into the case.

In China, some patients, including expecting mothers, are believed to surreptitiously deliver extra money sealed in red envelops, or "hongbao," to doctors to make sure their operations go smoothly. Li's comments are seen as a proof of this practice.

The hospital firmly dismissed the lecturer, saying on their official website that Li's comments are far from the truth and a defamation to medical staff.

But those in the sector argue differently.

A doctor surnamed Wang with the oncology department of a hospital in Henan Province told Xinhua that taking additional money is "industry routine."

"Sometimes we get the 'red envelops' from patients as well, because they want the best doctor or to book the earliest operation date," Wang said.

But doctors are increasingly careful in accepting money these days, out of concerns about media exposure. Now, they only take the money from acquaintances.

Liu Yong, a resident of Henan's Xuchang City, said he prepared a "hon

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