China punishes 416 offcials for commercial bribery
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-31 18:33
Chinese courts have chosen a strong stance against the rising tide of
commercial bribery cases and is working to form a "high pressure" circumstance
against it, said Xiong Xuanguo, vice president of China's Supreme Court, at the
conference.
But related trials, he said, will be strictly in accordance with what is
written down in the criminal code and adhere to the principle of combining
lenity with severity.
"We will also work to prevent any trend of exaggeration when handling such
cases," he said.
Commercial bribery, Li said, has grown into one of the foes against China's
development since it has provided a hotbed for power-money trade and other types
of corruption.
"It undermines both the social ethics and the construction of a harmonious
society," he said.
More supervision and restrictions on power should be adopted and intensified
to a larger degree to prevent power abuse, he said.
"This is one of the core parts of China's anti commercial bribery strategy,"
he said.
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