Employee sacked for hiding trips, breaking quarantine rule

An employee of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports was ordered to resign after he deliberately concealed his domestic and foreign trips in February and March when the country was fighting against COVID-19 outbreak, according to the country's top discipline watchdog.

The staff worker, a Party member visited fives places at home and abroad, including South Korea and Thailand, without permission from his employer and did not obey home quarantine rule after return, according to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission. 

The discipline authority of Beijing's Haidian District vowed during a talk with relevant officials from the sports bureau on July 13 to strictly deal with Party members who lack discipline and violate Party discipline during the epidemic. 

The discipline authority of the district got a tip-off in March that an employee from the bureau, surnamed Luo, went abroad many times during the epidemic control period and didn't report the situation to his community and work place.

An investigation team was sent to look into the situation.

When Luo was asked to explain his activities from Feb 1 to March 15, Luo at first told the team he was in Beijing all the time.

When the investigators showed him evidence, Luo admitted that he had left Beijing for Zhuhai of Guangdong province and Macao from March 11 to 15.

Faced with another piece of evidence presented by the team, Luo admitted that he had visited Hong Kong during the Spring Festival.

After more investigation and talks, Luo admitted that he had left the mainland three times, including visiting foreign countries twice.

Investigation found that Luo has reported to his work place that he would have a trip to Hong Kong from Jan 26 to Feb 1. However, after the trip, he lied to the work place that he had returned to Beijing and continued to visit South Korea and Thailand without permission. He did not return to Beijing until Feb 14.

On Feb 14, Beijing issued a circular, stipulating that all people returning to Beijing should stay at home for 14 days and should report to the work place and community in advance before returning.

Luo not only deliberately concealed his trip, but also returned to Beijing without reporting and quarantining at home.

On March 11, Luo again flew from Beijing to Zhuhai without permission and visited Macao on the same day. He returned to Beijing on March 15, without reporting and home quarantine.

On May 28, Luo received a severe disciplinary warning from the Party and was ordered to resign.