'Unexpected' investigation shows anti-graft move has zero tolerance
WANG BAO'AN, head of the National Bureau of Statistics, is being investigated for "severe disciplinary violations", the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China announced on Tuesday. Wang, also secretary of the leading Party branch of the bureau, was put under investigation just hours after he showed up at a routine news briefing. Beijing News on Thursday applauded the investigation as a clear message of deterrence to all would-be corrupt officials:
That Wang's investigation came just a few hours after his public appearance is both unexpected, yet foreseeable, given the country's ever strong determination to rule out corruption.
It sends a clear signal to all civil servants that the anti-corruption practice is all-weather and has absolutely "zero tolerance" toward their misdeeds.
