Moral education needed, expert says

Providing moral education for officials has become a major task for disciplinary authorities after officials were found to have had lifestyle problems and written "promise letters" to their mistresses, judicial professionals said.

Strengthening education in government departments is necessary, as the public pays attention to morality, and corruption cases in which officials have mistresses get attention in the media, said Hong Daode, law professor at China University of Political Science and Law.

Hong made the remarks after he heard that a former high-ranking official in Shandong province was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison in a bribery scandal.