New platform for whistleblowers
- By Wang Hairong
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E-mail Beijing Review, October 29, 2013
For Bai Jianjun, a 53-year-old villager from Sanyuan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the newly launched official website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opens a new door to justice. The CCDI is the top discipline watchdog of the Party.
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Wang Qishan, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, launches the commission's official website in Beijing on September 2 [Pang Xinglei] |
On September 2, the CCDI officially launched ccdi.gov.cn, integrating the resources of five previous anti-corruption websites. It features anti-corruption news, policies and case studies.
The website is most noteworthy for its function that allows people to tip off the CCDI to corruption and other disciplinary violations. It also has links that direct visitors to the websites of the provincial-level discipline inspection commissions of the Party and the agencies of provincial-level governments that handle public petitions.
On September 14, Bai used the CCDI's website to report corruption by Meng Xiaosuo, Sanyuan's deputy police chief. When submitting his report, he was offered the option of remaining anonymous or using his real name. Wang chose to use his real name because such reports are given priority.
"After reading the message telling me that my report had been successfully submitted, I was really excited. Hope is here," Bai told Beijing-based Time Weekly.
Bai submitted his report to expose Meng's illegal business operations. China's Civil Service Law forbids civil servants from engaging in business. But in April 2006, Meng and Bai's younger brother set up a vegetable trading company, each contributing half of the company's total registered capital, Bai said.
In November 2007, Bai's younger brother died from illness, leaving behind a daughter. Since she was a minor, Bai became her guardian and began to manage the trading company on her behalf. While managing the company, Bai and Meng often disagreed and gradually came to hold a grudge against one another.
Meng arranged a meeting with Bai at a teahouse on April 8. Bai waited for hours, but Meng did not show up.
