Protect whistle-blowers
By Li Xinran |
June 21, 2010, Monday
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ABOUT 70 percent of state prosecutors' whistle-blowers face reprisal, many by their former bosses, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said as legal experts seek a law to protect these people.
People who have given prosecutors evidence of corruption and other crimes often face retaliation by the organization or individual they have accused, Legal Daily quoted Zhu Decai, a prosecutor with the Jiangxi Province People's Procuratorate. He said the retaliation can be demotion or possibly dismissal.
At a forum by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, legal experts proposed a whistle-blower protection act as these people were obvious loopholes in the current system.
Nearly 60 percent of tips that Jiangxi prosecutors received in recent years were from anonymous sources because they were afraid of retaliation, according to the provincial procuratorate.
Zou Pingxue, a law professor at Shenzhen University, said they need to fast-track legislation to protect whistle-blowers.
"The state has a constitutional obligation to protect these people," Zou told the newspaper.
A kindergarten teacher, surnamed Zhang, in Chongqing Municipality was sacked early this year because she told authorities that the school had been giving teachers extra pay by embezzling funds from the children's board expenses. Education authorities there found the scheme had lasted five years.
People who have given prosecutors evidence of corruption and other crimes often face retaliation by the organization or individual they have accused, Legal Daily quoted Zhu Decai, a prosecutor with the Jiangxi Province People's Procuratorate. He said the retaliation can be demotion or possibly dismissal.
At a forum by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, legal experts proposed a whistle-blower protection act as these people were obvious loopholes in the current system.
Nearly 60 percent of tips that Jiangxi prosecutors received in recent years were from anonymous sources because they were afraid of retaliation, according to the provincial procuratorate.
Zou Pingxue, a law professor at Shenzhen University, said they need to fast-track legislation to protect whistle-blowers.
"The state has a constitutional obligation to protect these people," Zou told the newspaper.
A kindergarten teacher, surnamed Zhang, in Chongqing Municipality was sacked early this year because she told authorities that the school had been giving teachers extra pay by embezzling funds from the children's board expenses. Education authorities there found the scheme had lasted five years.
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