Official absconding with stolen funds should not escape due punishment

MORE THAN 600 RESIDENTS IN ZAOZHUANG, East China's Shandong province, who pay regular subscriptions for the social security fund, recently found that their seven years' contributions had been embezzled by social security official Chen Junquan, who used to collect the subscriptions from them. Chen fled in April and is on the wanted list. Comments:

Reports say Chen was in charge of the entire process of collecting subscriptions, keeping their record and depositing them in the fund account, without any effective supervision. The loophole in the system left enough room for him to embezzle such a big amount. The situation is similar in many social security agencies in the country and it is highly likely that such misappropriation is happening in some other cities. It is high time the authorities did something to prevent the losses of innocent people.

Huaxi Metropolis Daily, Sept 22