Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

甘肃省原副省长虞海燕受贿案一审宣判:有期徒刑十五年(Former Lieutenant governor of Gansu receives 15 years in prison for corruption)
People’s Daily App, July 18, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/m-4eba6c1165e562a55ba262377aef/7EDPQaegXPq?agt=8

湖北省政府原副秘书长贺盛有被开除党籍和公职,涉嫌受贿等(Former vice secretary of Hubei is expelled from Party and removed from job for corruption allegations)
Hubei Daily, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2268223

财政部深夜问责四省违规举债 首次问责地方人大领导(Ministry of Finance to hold local leaders accountable for illegal debt financing)
Legal Daily, July 18, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/18/content_7596795.htm?node=5955

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内蒙古纪委监委:政府违法违规举债,实行终身追责(Discipline Inspection Bureau of Inner Mongolia Province issues guideline on prosecuting government officials for illegal debt financing, removes statute of limitation)
North News WeChat, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2272508

媒体刊发监督报道并称有干部要求删稿,官方:正在调查(Local Trade and Industry Bureau official is investigated for ordering journalists to remove hospital malpractice reports)
Chongqing Morning News App, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2274731

乌兰察布市政协原主席常永福接受纪律审查和监察调查(Former CPPCC Chairman of Ulanqab City is investigated for disciplinary and legal violations)
Beijing News, July 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/18/495639.html

四起环境监测数据造假案已宣判 (Criminal convictions are handed down for fabrication of environmental monitoring data)
Legal Daily, July 17, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/17/content_7595949.htm?node=5955

包钢集团原董事长崔臣被查 已退休6年多 (Former board chairman of Baotou Steel Group is investigated, 6 years into retirement)
Sina News, July 17, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-07-17/doc-ihfkffam2660200.shtml

重庆教育界女贪官落马:篡改履历,将学生当做发财路径 (Former dean of Chongqing Security Technology Vocational College is investigated for bribery and falsifying documents, 4 months after retirement)
The Paper, July 17, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2269623

China’s official figures: lies, damned lies, or just changing statistical methods?
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2155698/chinas-official-figures-lies-damned-lies-or-just-changing