Officials in key sectors lured by corruption
Officials in key sectors lured by corruptionBy Zhang Yan (China Daily)Updated: 2011-05-30 06:54
[p=30, 2, left]BEIJING - [b]Urban construction城市建设，城市工程[/b], [b]rural infrastructure农村基础设施[/b], transport, and railway projects are the sectors worst hit by [b]corruption贪污[/b] and other crimes [b]stemming from起源于 abuse of power滥用权力[/b], a senior [b]prosecutor检察官，公诉人[/b] said.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Officials from key departments, such as land and resources, housing and rural-urban development as well as law [b]enforcement执行，实施，强制[/b], tend to be the most [b]vulnerable易受攻击的，易受伤害的 [/b]as the [b]bribes赃物[/b] they are offered reflect the significance of their departments, Song Hansong, head of the department targeting crimes committed by officials, under the Supreme People's [b]Procuratorate检察院[/b] (SPP), told China Daily.[/p][p=30, 2, left]"Corruption and bribery account for the majority of crimes committed by officials," he said.[/p]
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[/table]From January to March, [b]prosecuting起诉，进行，实行[/b] agencies nationwide charged 1,923 [b]suspects嫌疑犯[/b] in major construction projects with crimes related to their office, according to SPP [b]statistics统计，统计资料[/b]. Of the 1,923 suspects, 160 were senior officials. The charges covered activities in 1,583 cases.
[p=30, 2, left]Of these, more than 94 percent, 1,498, were related to corruption and bribery involving 270 million yuan ($41.5 million), according to the SPP.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Cases related to[b] negligence疏忽，忽视，粗心大意[/b] and[b] infringement侵犯，违反[/b] of public rights accounted for 85.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Song said bribery was particularly [b]rampant蔓延的，狂暴的，奔放的[/b] in construction projects.[/p][p=30, 2, left]The vast majority of corruption-related crimes in construction occur during [b]bidding投标，出价，命令[/b] and approval procedures as well as [b]land transfers土地所有权转移[/b], he said. Along with crimes involving administration, they account for 75 percent of cases in the construction sector. [/p][p=30, 2, left]Bribery occurs in many forms, including so-called information and [b]consultation咨询，讨论会[/b] fees to officials, share offers, and the provision of cheap or[b] free housing出售各种牌子酒的酒店[/b]. This makes it more difficult to detect, Song said. [/p][p=30, 2, left]In March 2011, Jiangsu provincial higher people's court [b]upheld支持[/b] the death sentence [b]meted out给予[/b] by a lower court to Jiang Renjie, former vice-mayor of Suzhou city in Jiangsu, for accepting bribes of up to 100 million yuan. [/p][p=30, 2, left]From 2001 to 2004, Jiang, who was in charge of urban construction, planning and [b]real estate房地产，不动产[/b] development, abused his position to help secure "illegal interests" in land development, land ownership [b]swaps交易[/b], and project bids.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Prosecuting agencies should pay special attention to crimes that violate public economic interests and individual rights, Song said.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Demolition拆除，破坏，毁坏[/b], land approval and resource development are areas that are directly linked to people's well-being and crimes committed in these sectors can easily spark [b]social unrest社会动荡，社会不安[/b], Song said. [/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Supervision监督，管理[/b] is the key, he suggested, for [b]prosecutors检察官，告发者[/b] to [b]tackle扭到，处理，抓住，固定 [/b]crimes involving corruption.[/p][p=30, 2, left]"Clues can be found in [b]audits审计[/b], [b]financial documents财政文件，金融单据[/b], inspections and even from the Internet and mass media," he said.[/p][p=30, 2, left]"The fundamental causes of corruption are [b]flawed有缺陷的，有裂纹的[/b] regulations combined with a lack of administrative supervision," said Li Guifang, [b]deputy chief副局长，副科长[/b] of the criminal defense committee under the All China Lawyers Association. [/p][p=30, 2, left]"Some government officials have [b]distorted扭曲[/b] values," he said.[/p][p=30, 2, left]These distorted values and absolute power over their sector can lead to absolute corruption, he said.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Prosecuting agencies should establish a risk prevention and [b]control mechanism控制机构[/b], said Hong Daode, a law professor at China University of Political Science and law. [/p][p=30, 2, left]"Strengthening cooperation with government departments, especially in key sectors, will help root out crime at its source," Hong said. [/p] I hope the corruption of phenomenon will disappear soon````:qq68]
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