From the Chinese press
The corrupt must not go scot-free
No matter how crafty corrupt officials are, they cannot escape the long hand of the law. But even then judicial authorities should strengthen supervision and inspection to root out corruption, says an article in the Beijing News. Excerpts:
A court has found Li Xuezhi, an official with the Department of Environmental Protection in North China Center for Environmental Inspectors, guilty of taking bribes. The court order says Li took every precaution before taking bribes from enterprises to ensure that his crime was not detected by supervision and inspection officials. For instance, he once checked the telephone log of the company manager to ensure that his name didn't figure on it. He even forced some officials to take a bath before taking a bribe to prevent them from planting some evidence on him to prove his crime.
