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Probe says graft 鈥榗ommonplace鈥 in 14 provinces, state-run firms

Source: Xinhua | July 12, 2014, Saturday | Print Edition

ANTI-GRAFT inspectors from the Communist Party of China have uncovered widespread malpractice among ministry heads, local authorities and state-owned enterprises, including embezzlement, power-for-money deals and overspending on luxuries.

According to the results of inspections by the Central Commission for Discipline and Inspection, overspending on official cars, bribery and corruption linked to major construction projects are commonplace.

From March to May, anti-corruption authorities carried out inspections in Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Fujian, Shandong, Henan, Hainan, Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiang, and at the Ministry of Science and Technology, China Oil and Foodstuffs Corp, Fudan University and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

The commission began releasing details of the visits on its website on Sunday.

To date, 11 of the 14 areas and bodies have been named and shamed, with reports on the remaining three yet to be released.

In one case, the commission said state-owned China Oil and Foodstuffs had not strictly implemented central authorities’ frugality rules. Its management were accused of being lavish, such as using public funds to play golf.

The Beijing government, meanwhile, was found to have committed serious violations with regard to land acquisitions and the demolition of residential properties. Inspectors said that many low-level officials in the capital have amassed large fortunes by abusing their power.

In the northwest province of Gansu, officials were found to have caused huge losses by illegally intervening in construction projects, while poverty relief funds allocated by the central government were stolen or misappropriated.

The commission said that officials in central China’s Henan Province accepted bribes from businessmen in return for helping them to secure construction contracts and complete land transfers.

Others lived decadent lifestyles, offered bribes to get promoted and traded official positions for money.

Similarly, authorities in Shandong, Hainan and Ningxia were found to have manipulated the bidding processes for major construction projects and committed transgressions in the promotion of officials, among other problems.

The Ministry of Science and Technology and Fudan University were criticized mostly for misusing special funds, and overspending on trips and meetings.

Meanwhile, several leading officials from China Oil and Foodstuffs and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region are suspected of “violations of law and Party discipline,” and their cases have been transferred to the Central Commission for Discipline and Inspection and the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee.

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