Catch the corruption of flies, so they can't become tigers

It is rare for the word "especially" to be used three times to describe the corruption of a high-ranking official. But that is how the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervision Commission jointly announced that Lai Xiaomin, former Party secretary and chairman of the board of Huarong Asset Management, had been removed from office and expelled from the Party.

In a statement they described Lai's corruption as "especially serious", the nature of his abuse of power as being "especially abominable" and said that people's aversion to what he had done would be "especially strong".

Justification for the repeated use of the word comes from the fact that 270 million yuan ($39 million) in cash was found at Lai's home and the charges that "he pursued personal glorification, engaged in superstitious activities and refused to cooperate in the investigation".