Southern Weekend on how to deal with "naked officials" :: Danwei

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Naked official Pang Jiayu in the happier days that existed before he was sentenced to 12 years for corruption (image source)

According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, around 4,000 corrupt officials fled the mainland between 1978 and 2003, taking more than $50 billion with them. Before doing so, many of these officials first sent their wives and children to live abroad. One can safely assume that this number has increased significantly over the past seven years.

The editorial board of Southern Weekend recently debated whether all “naked officials” – officials who have sent their family to live abroad – should be fired. The translation is posted below:

by the Southern Weekend Editorial Board

On April 23rd, the Politburo of the Central Committee discussed strengthening supervision over “naked officials.” A “naked official” is an official whose wife and kids have left China to live in a foreign country, leaving only him behind to take care of things at home. “Naked officials” have attracted such attention because they’ve been involved in so many classic corruption cases and have become a model of corruption. Given this, should the country adopt a strict “one size fits all” policy against “naked officials”?

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