Government Officials Spend A Day In Prison As A Warning Against Corruption

                              

In China, the autjorities decided to take their government officials and their family members on a tour of prison facilities to show them what they will get for misbehaving. In other words, "if youu do anyhow, you will see anyhow" I think we need to try that in Nigeria, maybe then, everyone will behave! Read the full gist after the cut.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - 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 on Monday, 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.

"It's a striking image to have watched the ex-officials showing their deep repentance while they serve their sentences in prison," the paper quoted one Hubei official as saying.

The Central Commission of Disciplinary Inspection said the visits were organized to remind officials to "be aware of wrongdoing involving corruption", the China Daily said.

It said this month some members of China's armed forces were not taking the fight against corruption seriously. Some military officers have said graft is so pervasive it could undermine China's ability to wage war.

Source: Business Insider