Contributed by: Wu Xingren
Translated by: ling limin
Zhou Senfeng, 29, mayor of Yichen, Hubei province, was embarrassed in suspected plagiarized academic dissertation and got himself bogged down in “cigarette scandal”. The results of both things would be decided by the related departments of Hubei province. Moreover, the scandal also shocked other high-rank officials involved in other suspected corruption. Chinese version >>
This young elite leader, recommended and carefully selected by organizational department, was inspected closely by netizens and finally exposed his problems to the public . Thus it is not an easy thing for other corrupt ones to escape from the sharp supervision of Internet.
A few years ago,a former high-rank official said: “who can and dare supervise me?” which also spoken by Ling Jiaxiang, former Party chief of Shenzhen Maritime Affairs bureau, who assaulted an 11-year-old girl at restaurant in the name of asking road last September. When the girl’s parent confronted him, Lin said: “Do you know who I am? I’m from Ministry of Transport, ranked as high as your mayor. How dare you fucking grassroots confront me !” In the end, he was discharged from Communist Party of China, reaped what he sowed. Two months later, Zhou Jiugeng, former chief of real estate administration in Jiangning district, Nanjing, got himself into “smoking luxurious cigarette scandal”, he also fired by people continuously inquiring him why smoking such expensive cigarettes and wearing costly watches.
Nowadays, it is network that makes corrupt ones afraid. Netizens says: “Corrupt officials dread of Internet most”. Internet, like a mirror, reflects the truth and fact to the masses and in fact, it is indeed a public platform and social phenomenon.
It is more and more active and prevailing to supervise government officials by net. Netizens, a rising power of supervision, are playing important roles in improving the socialist democratic construction. As a young generation, netizens are more brave-hearted and free from temptation. With shark insight and courage, they closely watch on officials’ behaviors through internet, which makes the later ones have scruples in any corruptive attempts.
Since corrupt officials dread of internet, we should take full advantages of this anti-corruption tools. On the June 22th, www.12309.gov.cn and hotline: 12309 were launched to accept public reports and supervisions on corruptive matters. Should there be any case related to corruption or bribery, feel free to dial 12309 or hook onto 12309 website to make full use of cyber-supervisions.