Caijing Online, 2009-05-06
At a recent press conference, He Xin, director of the Supreme People's Court Supervision Office, revealed that courts at all levels throughout China have investigated 357 court officials since the announcement of the “Five Strict Prohibitions” on judicial corruption in January 2009. Of those 357, allegations of official misconduct were found to be true for 85, while investigations are still ongoing in 104 other cases. He Xin also introduced six “typical cases” of judicial corruption and abuse. One case involved a judge at the Supreme Court suspected of introducing a lawyer with a mediation-related case before the court to three justices and receiving 100,000RMB in return. The other cases also involved judges, and one judicial police officer, accused of accepting bribes and personal favors in exchange for interfering in civil and criminal cases. Their punishments ranged from 5 years imprisonment to mere removal from “adjudicative positions.”
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