Top China judge bangs gavel: We won't abide dirty officials
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March 12, 2010, Friday
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CHINA'S Chief Justice Wang Shengjun said yesterday that courts would take action on judicial corruption to prevent abuse of power after a former vice president of the supreme court was jailed for life two months ago.
The Supreme People's Court will "strengthen capacity building and act as a model for local courts," Wang, the SPC president, told nearly 3,000 lawmakers at the annual parliamentary session when delivering a work report.
Huang Songyou, the former SPC vice president, was convicted of taking more than 3.9 million yuan (US$571.303) in bribes from 2005 to 2008. He was the most senior judge ever convicted of corruption.
"Some legal officials have an incorrect understanding of legal concepts," Wang said.
"A small number do not have high morals. Some cases drag on for a long time and people complain a lot," he said.
According to Wang, nearly 800 court officials were punished for violating laws last year.
Courts at all levels should "learn a lesson from the case of Huang Songyou," he said.
The SPC had appointed disciplinary supervisors in its 14 departments and more than 27,700 supervisors were watching over nearly 3,000 courts, Wang said.
Prosecutor-General Cao Jianming said in his work report that prosecutors investigated more than 2,700 judiciary workers suspected of graft and malpractice for personal gain last year.
Cao said the authority would "never relax efforts" to thwart judicial corruption.
Judiciary staff will be punished if they are found "meddling and intervening in court cases, giving bribes to law enforcement personnel, beating or verbally abusing petitioners and over-running timetables in enforcing court rulings," according to an SPC regulation issued earlier this year.
Cao said efforts should be made to "resolutely punish corrupt act in the judicial sector to purify the judicial team and safeguard integrity and justice."
An extensive anti-gang crackdown in southwestern Chongqing since last year revealed grave judicial corruption. About 200 judicial and public security officials in the city have been implicated.
Cao said authorities seized more than 1,100 on-the-run suspects involved in work-related crimes, with more than 7.1 billion yuan embezzled or received in bribes recovered.
He said prosecutors conducted graft probes against 2,670 officials above county level last year, including eight at the provincial or ministerial level.
About 4,000 corrupt officials have made off to Canada, the United States, Australia and other countries with over US$50 billion in public money in the past three decades.
The Supreme People's Court will "strengthen capacity building and act as a model for local courts," Wang, the SPC president, told nearly 3,000 lawmakers at the annual parliamentary session when delivering a work report.
Huang Songyou, the former SPC vice president, was convicted of taking more than 3.9 million yuan (US$571.303) in bribes from 2005 to 2008. He was the most senior judge ever convicted of corruption.
"Some legal officials have an incorrect understanding of legal concepts," Wang said.
"A small number do not have high morals. Some cases drag on for a long time and people complain a lot," he said.
According to Wang, nearly 800 court officials were punished for violating laws last year.
Courts at all levels should "learn a lesson from the case of Huang Songyou," he said.
The SPC had appointed disciplinary supervisors in its 14 departments and more than 27,700 supervisors were watching over nearly 3,000 courts, Wang said.
Prosecutor-General Cao Jianming said in his work report that prosecutors investigated more than 2,700 judiciary workers suspected of graft and malpractice for personal gain last year.
Cao said the authority would "never relax efforts" to thwart judicial corruption.
Judiciary staff will be punished if they are found "meddling and intervening in court cases, giving bribes to law enforcement personnel, beating or verbally abusing petitioners and over-running timetables in enforcing court rulings," according to an SPC regulation issued earlier this year.
Cao said efforts should be made to "resolutely punish corrupt act in the judicial sector to purify the judicial team and safeguard integrity and justice."
An extensive anti-gang crackdown in southwestern Chongqing since last year revealed grave judicial corruption. About 200 judicial and public security officials in the city have been implicated.
Cao said authorities seized more than 1,100 on-the-run suspects involved in work-related crimes, with more than 7.1 billion yuan embezzled or received in bribes recovered.
He said prosecutors conducted graft probes against 2,670 officials above county level last year, including eight at the provincial or ministerial level.
About 4,000 corrupt officials have made off to Canada, the United States, Australia and other countries with over US$50 billion in public money in the past three decades.
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