Junkets draw online ire
By Wang Xiang |
July 16, 2010, Friday
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A COUNTY anti-corruption authority in central China's Hunan Province has apologized after an online post revealed it spent 200,000 yuan (US$29,500) on an official junket.
The post appeared on the province's largest web forum rednet.cn on July 10. The next day, the Party disciplinary watchdog in Hualong County confirmed the trip to Guizhou but said it had spent 59,000 yuan on 44 officials and said sorry.
Another critical post appeared on Wednesday, targeting Shandong Township government officials in Hunan who were on a trip to Shanghai and Beijing when the town was flooded.
"The villagers found there was no one to organize rescue, all their crops and vegetables were washed away," the post said.
The Shandong government has not responded to the accusations yet.
The Hualong authority explained that the junket was organized as a training camp. But during the four-day trip, the 44 officials visited Huangguoshu Waterfall and other tourist attractions. But the authority did not say what kind of punishment these officials would face, only that they will pay for the junket themselves, amounting to 1,340 yuan each.
Many online commentators said the bureau's quick response was admirable while others said they worry whether officials who travel on taxpayer's money could be duly punished.
Official's junkets, in the name of work, have long been criticized in China yet they are still seen as a common perk.
The post appeared on the province's largest web forum rednet.cn on July 10. The next day, the Party disciplinary watchdog in Hualong County confirmed the trip to Guizhou but said it had spent 59,000 yuan on 44 officials and said sorry.
Another critical post appeared on Wednesday, targeting Shandong Township government officials in Hunan who were on a trip to Shanghai and Beijing when the town was flooded.
"The villagers found there was no one to organize rescue, all their crops and vegetables were washed away," the post said.
The Shandong government has not responded to the accusations yet.
The Hualong authority explained that the junket was organized as a training camp. But during the four-day trip, the 44 officials visited Huangguoshu Waterfall and other tourist attractions. But the authority did not say what kind of punishment these officials would face, only that they will pay for the junket themselves, amounting to 1,340 yuan each.
Many online commentators said the bureau's quick response was admirable while others said they worry whether officials who travel on taxpayer's money could be duly punished.
Official's junkets, in the name of work, have long been criticized in China yet they are still seen as a common perk.
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