China officials taken on prison tours as blunt reminder against corruption -
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| Prison cell in China |
SHANGHAI, May 25 — Chinese authorities have taken government officials and members of their families on tours of prisons as a “warning” against corruption, the official China Daily newspaper reported today, citing the country’s top disciplinary body.
In China’s eastern Hubei province, 70 Communist Party leaders, senior officials and their spouses “visited ex-officials in the city prison and spent a day in jail as an educational warning”, the newspaper said.
President Xi Jinping has made weeding out corruption a top priority since coming to power more than two years ago, investigating and arresting senior government officials, military chiefs and business leaders.
The prison tours, which included visiting former colleagues and bosses imprisoned for bribery and abuse of power, were a blunt reminder from Beijing against corruption. The China Daily said photos of interrogations were hanging on prison walls for visitors to see.
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