Four Strictly Forbiddens - do NY firemen also?
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New York,
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Firemen told to abstain from sexual bribes
The Chinese government has banned fire department officials from receiving sexual favors as bribes from companies seeking their business.
And as a further part of an anti-corruption drive outlined in a notice posted on the Public Security ministry Web site fire department officials are also banned from letting their spouses and children run fire-fighting companies and market fire-fighting products.
Apart from taking cash and 'other valuables,' the order forbade officials from receiving 'cheap or free house renovations,' 'having children entered into schools' and 'receiving sexual services' provided by third parties.
The notice said, 'We must remind ourselves that we cannot ignore the problems regarding the opportunism of a minority of officials when enforcing the law.'
A commentary carried by the official Xinhua news agency on Friday praised the order - officially abbreviated as the 'Four Strictly Forbiddens' - as timely.
Xinhua said, 'For every 10 corrupt officials, nine are involved in illicit sex. This old tune has already been proved by statistics from disciplinary organs many times. The people believe that the trade of authority for sex is still comparatively serious.'
