If corruption of over 500,000 (S$99,426) yuan
is punishable by death, no official will dare to do that anymore, said Zhao
Runtian, a deputy to the National People's Congress, on Monday. His speech
draws heated comments online.
The
light punishment against corruption may be encouraging graft, added Zhao, who
is also secretary of the Heze Municipal Committee of the CPC in Shandong
province.
Zhou
Yuhua, another deputy to the NPC and chief justice of Shandong Higher People's
Court, said corrupt officials don't consider how many years of jail time they
will get, because they believe that they won't get caught.
Many
Internet users also disagreed with Zhao's views, through a micro blog service
Sina Weibo.
"Have
you ever read the history of the Ming Dynasty? Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang killed
many corrupt officials, only to bring little effect. The key to corruption
control lies in culture rather than punishment," one wrote.
"The
key is not the standard of corruption, but supervising system. If the
supervising system remains the same, corruption will never be eradicated,"
wrote another.
"It
may be an effective way, but does not get to the root of the problem. I believe
transparency of power is the key. We should create conditions for citizens to
oversee the government to make it function in sunshine," wrote another
user.
Xu
Pingting
China
Daily/Asia News Network
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