Beijing promises "clean" Olympics with greater anti-corruption efforts
13/12/2006 16:38
The Chinese capital promised to host a "clean" Olympics in Beijing today
as its top official vowed to tighten anti-corruption efforts on the preparations
for the 2008 event.
"We must tighten auditing and monitoring efforts on the
preparatory work of the Olympics to prevent all potential (corruption)
problems," said Liu Qi, secretary of the Chinese Communist Party's Beijing
Municipal Committee.
Efforts must be made to ensure that staff members
involved in the Olympic preparations and venue construction projects remain on
track, Liu was quoted as saying by Wednesday's Beijing Daily.
Liu, who is
also chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympics, was
speaking following an announcement by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline
Inspections of the expulsion of former Beijing vice mayor Liu Zhihua from the
Party.
Liu Zhihua, who had also been dismissed from all administrative posts,
was found to have taken millions of yuan in bribes by taking advantage of his
official position.
Liu Zhihua was elected vice mayor in 1999 in charge of
overseeing construction, real estate, sports and traffic projects in the
capital.
Xinhua
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