China orders rail graft crackdown
Source: Xinhua |
August 14, 2012, Tuesday
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CHINA'S supreme procuratorate yesterday called for an intensified crackdown on officials abusing positions of power in the railway sector.
Efforts will be centered on crimes involving ticket sales, construction projects and procurement and supply of materials, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.
The railway procuratorates have investigated 15,100 people involved in 13,400 duty-related cases over the past 30 years, and helped prevent losses of more 2.6 billion yuan (US$410 million), it said.
Jiang Jianchu, deputy procurator-general of the SPP, urged local railway procuratorates to severely punish officials for bribery and appropriating public funds, especially those whose actions led to major safety accidents.
Jiang listed Zhang Ning, former chief accountant of the Lanzhou Railway Bureau in western China, and Song Dexi, formerly director of the Urumqi Railway Bureau in northwest Xinjiang, as negative examples.
Zhang was sentenced to death in 2007 for embezzling more than 2 billion yuan in public funds, while Song was given life imprisonment for serious corruption in 2008.
The country's former Railway Minister Liu Zhijun was expelled from the Communist Party of China for corruption in May following a high-speed train collision that left 40 people dead and 172 injured near the eastern city of Wenzhou last year.
Jiang urged procuratorates to handle railway-related cases in a timely manner to ensure people's safety and safeguard their interests.
After a three-year transfer process, all 76 railway transport procuratorates across the nation had been put under the unilateral control of the justice system by July. They are now directly administered by provincial or municipal procuratorate authorities.
These procuratorates, designed to deal with crimes on trains and violations of the country's railway-related special laws, were previously under the dual administration of both the procuratorate system and railway authorities.
The separation has further demonstrated the duty of the railway procuratorates as procuratorial authorities as well as helping to enhance their efficiency, said Cao Jianming, procurator-general of the SPP.
Railway procuratorates at all levels should regard railway safety as their primary concern, maintain railway order and protect public funds allocated for railway construction, Cao said.
Efforts will be centered on crimes involving ticket sales, construction projects and procurement and supply of materials, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.
The railway procuratorates have investigated 15,100 people involved in 13,400 duty-related cases over the past 30 years, and helped prevent losses of more 2.6 billion yuan (US$410 million), it said.
Jiang Jianchu, deputy procurator-general of the SPP, urged local railway procuratorates to severely punish officials for bribery and appropriating public funds, especially those whose actions led to major safety accidents.
Jiang listed Zhang Ning, former chief accountant of the Lanzhou Railway Bureau in western China, and Song Dexi, formerly director of the Urumqi Railway Bureau in northwest Xinjiang, as negative examples.
Zhang was sentenced to death in 2007 for embezzling more than 2 billion yuan in public funds, while Song was given life imprisonment for serious corruption in 2008.
The country's former Railway Minister Liu Zhijun was expelled from the Communist Party of China for corruption in May following a high-speed train collision that left 40 people dead and 172 injured near the eastern city of Wenzhou last year.
Jiang urged procuratorates to handle railway-related cases in a timely manner to ensure people's safety and safeguard their interests.
After a three-year transfer process, all 76 railway transport procuratorates across the nation had been put under the unilateral control of the justice system by July. They are now directly administered by provincial or municipal procuratorate authorities.
These procuratorates, designed to deal with crimes on trains and violations of the country's railway-related special laws, were previously under the dual administration of both the procuratorate system and railway authorities.
The separation has further demonstrated the duty of the railway procuratorates as procuratorial authorities as well as helping to enhance their efficiency, said Cao Jianming, procurator-general of the SPP.
Railway procuratorates at all levels should regard railway safety as their primary concern, maintain railway order and protect public funds allocated for railway construction, Cao said.
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