The anti-graft watchdog in Hebei province is investigating a mayor who allegedly took bribes after a whistle-blowing online post.
A mayor in North China's Hebei Province has become entangled in a corruption scandal as an accusatory letter in the name of 29 local cadres is causing a stir online.
A senior land official in Southwest China is being investigated on suspicion of serious violations.
The intensified fight against corruption shows the country's endeavor to fight official wrongdoing, which has already seen real actions instead of empty slogans.
Experts attending a human rights forum said an unofficial anti-corruption campaign sweeping the Internet shows that free speech is expanding in China, with the Internet bridging the gap between the public and the government.
A number of officials have been removed from their posts due to corruption or misconduct after investigations by disciplinary authorities. However, all were exposed by Internet users.
Li Chuncheng, deputy secretary of the Sichuan provincial Party committee, was investigated for alleged violations of discipline less than a month after he was elected an alternate member of the 18th Party Central Committee.
A county official in Ningqiang county of Hanzhong city, Shaanxi province in Northwest China, has been arrested on charges of corruption, Hanzhong city procurator’s office confirmed to China Daily.
Guangdong province is to launch a pilot project requiring all Party and government officials to report their assets, in the latest move to curb corruption.
The concern the media has shown to the anti-corruption seminar convened on Saturday by Wang Qishan, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, points to the hopes the public has pinned on the new Party leadership for more intensified action against corruption.
The efficiency of this incident and other recent anti-corruption cases suggest China is probably preparing for more battles against government officials' corruption.
Once again we've witnessed the Internet's prowess as the people's tool against abusive officials.
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