Lack of supervision behind police misdeeds

A FORMER SENIOR OFFICER of the local police bureau in Luyi county, Central China's Henan province, is to be held criminally accountable along with two of his colleagues on charges of abusing their power and accepting bribes. Some 29 others also face disciplinary penalties. Legal Daily commented on Saturday:

The senior police officer reportedly fabricated the age of his daughter's registered profile and forged six identities for her, in a bid to make her an "eligible" recipient for a police salary. The falsified record said his daughter went to police school at the age of 7 and started her career at 10.

Worse still, to destroy all evidence of his crime in the face of several discipline inspections, the "vigilant" father and his accomplices attempted to hide and get rid of some personnel profiles, disabled all the surveillance cameras in the office, and smashed computers that contained compromising data. They even assigned underlings to keep a close eye on the inspections and asked them to report any "suspicious" moves.