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Bye to official who wore luxury watches
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September 26, 2012, Wednesday
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YANG Dacai, an official famous for his many luxury watches and inappropriate smile at the scene of a fatal crash, has been stripped of his job as safety chief in Shaanxi Province.
He was spotted smiling at the site of a bus crash that killed 36 people on August26, and that grin infuriated the public. Internet users then uncovered photos showing Yang wearing at least 11 different luxury watches and several pairs of designer eyeglasses.
The online uproar was so great that the provincial discipline watchdog launched a corruption investigation.
Both the online muckraking campaign and the media attention lead to Yang's downfall.
It's no accident, but an inevitable victory as people are allowed to perform their role as society's watchdog.
The public's "online supervision" has created a new anti-corruption order, which safeguards the laws and creates a bridge for the public and authorities to join hands to crack down on graft.
Many people rely on the system to effectively restrain the officials' power, but neglect the fact that the system won't improve automatically and needs both authorities' efforts and public supervision.
The development of technology has greatly fueled the online muckraking movements while reducing the abuse of power. Many officials have learned from Yang's case and become aware of the power of public supervision.
More important, our discipline authorities accept netizens' voices and track down the officials guilty of graft.
Yang's case points to a bright future for the cooperation between the public and authorities to crack down on corrupt officials.
He was spotted smiling at the site of a bus crash that killed 36 people on August26, and that grin infuriated the public. Internet users then uncovered photos showing Yang wearing at least 11 different luxury watches and several pairs of designer eyeglasses.
The online uproar was so great that the provincial discipline watchdog launched a corruption investigation.
Both the online muckraking campaign and the media attention lead to Yang's downfall.
It's no accident, but an inevitable victory as people are allowed to perform their role as society's watchdog.
The public's "online supervision" has created a new anti-corruption order, which safeguards the laws and creates a bridge for the public and authorities to join hands to crack down on graft.
Many people rely on the system to effectively restrain the officials' power, but neglect the fact that the system won't improve automatically and needs both authorities' efforts and public supervision.
The development of technology has greatly fueled the online muckraking movements while reducing the abuse of power. Many officials have learned from Yang's case and become aware of the power of public supervision.
More important, our discipline authorities accept netizens' voices and track down the officials guilty of graft.
Yang's case points to a bright future for the cooperation between the public and authorities to crack down on corrupt officials.
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