CAO PEIWU, AN OFFICIAL FROM THE XINJIANG Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for taking bribes that exceeded as much as 1 million yuan ($161,000 ) at a time, was found to be leading an extremely simple life. Comments:
The cases of corrupt officials living frugally prove that neither high wages nor moral education alone can curb corruption, because corrupt officials might not need the money but they still embezzle it. The only effective way to root out corruption from the political system lies in strengthening supervision over power, so that officials no longer have the opportunity to take bribes at will.
Changsha Evening News, April 13
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua