Yunnan an escape route for corrupt officials

时间：2007-02-25 01:33:36

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Feb.16 - Southwest China's Yunnan Province has become a popular gateway1 into hiding for corrupt2 Chinese officials, reports Thursday's Legal Daily.

 

An increasing number of officials wanted by the Chinese authorities for economic crimes are fleeing the country by crossing the Yunnan border into Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

 

And there are a wealth of escape routes. Yunnan shares 4,060 kilometers of border with these three countries, one fifth of China's total land border length.

 

"For criminals, Yunnan has a favorable geographical3 position from which to flee the country," Wang Yafeng, vice-director of Yunnan's Anti-corruption Bureau, said.

 

Statistics from the Yunnan Provincial4 government show that Yunnan has arrested 204 suspects plotting to flee the country since 1998, including 34 who had fled to other countries.

 

Up until May 2006, there were 800 suspects wanted for economic crimes at large overseas. They are accused of embezzling5 nearly 70 billion yuan (875 million U.S. dollars), according to the Ministry6 of Public Security.

 

Wang added that corrupt officials also chose to seek asylum7 in the United States, Britain and Canada in particular, and also in developing countries in Africa and Latin America.

 

Wang said the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department had strengthened its measures in tracking down these suspects by carrying out more inspections8 at airports and at border points.

 

The provincial government has also signed several agreements with Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam to track down suspects.

 
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1 gateway GhFxY     
n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法
参考例句：
  • Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
  • A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。
2 corrupt 4zTxn     
v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的
参考例句：
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
3 geographical Cgjxb     
adj.地理的；地区(性)的
参考例句：
  • The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.当前的调查将在更广泛的地域范围內进行。
  • These birds have a wide geographical distribution.这些鸟的地理分布很广。
4 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
5 embezzling 1047ebe52d9fa01687627a4cf0bc4cc7     
v.贪污，盗用（公款）( embezzle的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Accordingly, object embezzling waste to be carried temporarily the schedule of administration. 因此，反对贪污浪费就提上了临时中央政府的议事日程。 来自互联网
  • Some were sentenced for taking bribes, others executed for embezzling funds. 有的因受贿而被判刑，有的因侵吞公款而被判处死刑。 来自互联网
6 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
7 asylum DobyD     
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
8 inspections c445f9a2296d8835cd7d4a2da50fc5ca     
n.检查( inspection的名词复数 )；检验；视察；检阅
参考例句：
  • Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
  • Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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