Inspectors can't be fooled

A CLEAN OFFICIAL WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE should have nothing to fear.

When local governments try to prevent petitioners from visiting a team of inspectors sent by the Party's top authorities into Central China's Henan province, the only conclusion we can reach is that some local leaders are afraid of what the inspection team might uncover.

Such a team is tasked with the mission of uncovering corruption in local Party and government departments, so it is natural that some leaders who have been abusing their power will shudder at the arrival of such a team. But it is worrying that some local governments are audacious enough to send public servants to the place where the inspectors are staying so as to prevent any petitioners from making contact.