Capital Fights against CorruptionGovernment officials on every level in Beijing will be under tight disciplinary inspection this year, both on the job and during their spare time.This announcement from Jia Qinglin, Party secretary of Beijing municipal government, follows circulars from the Central Discipline Inspection Commission urging anti-corruption efforts targeting senior leaders. Jia told a discipline inspection conference on Wednesday that senior leaders in Beijing should strictly follow the related anti-corruption regulations by reporting their properties to local disciplinary inspection departments. He said senior leaders in Beijing who use their position to receive money or securities would be severely punished. Not only should officials at all levels follow the party discipline regulations strictly, they also must keep subordinate officials and relatives working under the rules. "You must pay close attention to the activities of your spouse and children as well as those who work with you,'' Jia said. He urged officials to help investigate corruption cases involving relatives or clerks. "Officials who were found to help their relatives or clerks cover up corruption would be severely punished,'' Jia said. Jia noted that governments under district level, including district government, should open their administrative process to the public this year, and he promised "people would have their says when deciding important issues.'' Official statistics kept by the Beijing government shows the Beijing Discipline Inspection Commission received 19,333 letters regarding corruption issues in 2000. Following those letters, 599 corruption cases were found and 1,044 officials were punished. |
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