I was just reading in the BBC Chinese about a recently released report from the Chinese govt’s national audit office, whose job it is to figure out where corrupt officials are stashing their ill gained loot. Here’s the article in its entirety, so that if you are in China and don’t have access or are too lazy to proxy you can read it right here:
中国审计署称追回270亿被挪用资金
据中国审计署的最新审计报告说，截至2008年10月底，中国各审计单位已追回或归还被挤占挪用的资金约270亿元人民币。
中国审计署在发布今年第1号审计结果时说，已有30名涉嫌违法犯罪的官员被依法逮捕、起诉或判刑，117人受到党纪政记处分。
报告说，审计发现的116起涉嫌违法犯罪案件线索已经移送纪检监察和司法机关查处，根据审计建议完善各项制度规定158项。
这次审计查出53个中央部门存在问题金额293.79亿元，已整改金额为84.42亿元。
报告说，由于违法违规操作导致国有资产流失，已收回980万元，合并账外账处理877万元。
另外，通过司法诉讼等手段正在追缴7,090万元，其余近5亿元由于责任人外逃等原因无法追回。
北京当局承认反腐是中国当前最重要的任务之一。中国国家主席胡锦涛一再警告说，腐败可能会影响中国共产党的统治。
但批评人士认为，没有开放的媒体以及独立的司法系统，中国的腐败现象不会出现根本的好转。
Some of the key points are that as of October 2008, the audit office has recovered 27 billoin RMB,30 suspected criminals have been arrested, charged or sentenced, 117 people have received Party disciplinary punishment…the rest of the article is just various figures and stats on types of missing money or where they are in the process of recovering it. Interesting one in particular: almost 500 million RMB not recoverable since the “responsible parties” have fled–most likely meaning fled the country, like that Wenzhou official in Paris that decided he was never coming back to China.
Though the BBC information was blocked, that’s just because that site is regularly GFW’d the audit report itself is not blocked and you can read it right on their official website.
