Persist with anti-graft fight
HOW DO WE LOOK AT THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION if a government department turns out to be a den of corruption with the majority of its members being found to be involved in abusing their powers? Do we agree with some who claim that the fight has gone too far or do we adhere to the belief that zero-tolerance of corruption is the only way the campaign can triumph?
In the latest case, 158 officials in the water conservancy bureau of Jiujiang municipal government of East China's Jiangxi province were found to be involved in rent-seeking, and the money in bribes and kickbacks uncovered amounts to 76 million yuan ($12 million). Seventeen officials have been arrested.
In the most sensational case, five members of the standing committee of the Shanxi provincial Party committee were placed under investigation for abuse of power, more than one-third of its total key members.
