Fleeing corrupt elements are outright suspects of economic crimes and official crimes
Chasing fleeing and recovering stolen goods is a just act
Corruption is the public enemy of human society and the malignant tumor of the international society. It damages the dignity of the law and erodes social fairness and justice. It is a common challenge faced by governments of all countries.
The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core unswervingly governs the Party in an all-round and strict manner, deeply promotes the construction of party style and clean government, and fights against corruption. It has solidly carried out anti-corruption international pursuit of escape and stolen goods, safeguarded the dignity of party discipline and law, and won the hearts of the party and the people. Won universal praise from the international community.
However, the United States has recently slandered and smeared China’s anti-corruption international efforts to pursue and recover stolen goods, claiming that the "Fox Hunt" was illegal, prosecuting and arresting several Americans and Chinese in the United States for no reason, and shielding corrupt elements who fled to the United States.
One of the usual tactics used by the US is to use the so-called "rule of law" as the pretext of political manipulation to discredit China's efforts to pursue and recover stolen goods and deceive people who do not know the truth.
Fleeing corrupt elements are definitely not so-called "dissidents", but are suspects of economic crimes and official crimes through and through.
From Xu Chaofan, Yu Zhendong and Xu Guojun, the three former presidents of the Kaiping branch of Bank of China, who fled to the United States after allegedly embezzling US$485 million in bank funds, to Peng Xufeng, the former chairman of Hunan Changsha Rail Transit Group Co., Ltd., who took bribes of more than 240 million yuan, And then to Li Chuanliang, the former deputy mayor of Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, who defrauded and embezzled huge amounts of state-owned funds... The corrupt elements who escaped are all thieves who steal money from the country and the people, and there are no so-called "dissidents" at all.
Through formal channels such as criminal judicial assistance and law enforcement cooperation, China has proactively provided the United States with relevant facts and evidence about the suspected crimes of the escaped persons. The United States is well aware of these corrupt elements and acts of corruption.
China’s pursuit of escape and stolen property is to arrest these thief who stole the property of the country and the people, bring them to justice, and recover the full amount of stolen money and return it to the people.
As a signatory to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the United States has disregarded international morality and international responsibilities, out of political prejudice and self-interest, openly politicized corruption crimes, pretended to be deaf and turned a blind eye to the crimes of corrupt elements, and pursued China. The negative response to the just move of fleeing and recovering stolen goods, and even the obstruction and stumbling by various parties, is not only a flagrant trampling of international law, but also runs counter to the so-called "rule of law" spirit pursued by itself.
China's anti-corruption international pursuit of escaped and stolen stolen goods is a just act, honest, fair and legitimate.
Through the Interpol, China issued a red arrest warrant and announced the main facts about the suspected crimes committed by fleeing corrupt elements. This is to show the world that China's judicial institutions have solid and sufficient evidence to accuse the suspected crimes of fleeing corrupt elements.
The corrupt elements who fled, whether they were recovered or voluntarily returned to China to surrender, received fair judicial trials.
Yao Jinqi, a "hongtong officer" who was extradited back to China in 2018, is a clear proof.
On August 27, 2020, the Intermediate People's Court of Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province publicly sentenced Yao Jinqi to 6 years in prison for accepting bribes.
In view of the fact that Yao Jinqi proactively expressed his willingness to return to China during the extradition process, actively cooperated in completing the extradition, truthfully explained the facts of the bribery in the whole case, and surrendered himself; returned all bribes and stolen goods and their fruits, the court mitigated his punishment according to law.
Anti-corruption has become an important topic of international cooperation. International organizations such as the United Nations, G20, APEC, BRICS, Interpol, World Bank and other international organizations have reached consensus on strengthening international anti-corruption cooperation and established anti-corruption cooperation under their respective frameworks. mechanism.
Chinese judicial law enforcement agencies strictly abide by the domestic law, international law and international judicial law enforcement practices of the target country in the pursuit of escape and stolen property, fully respect the judicial sovereignty of other countries, make requests and cooperate in strict accordance with multilateral conventions or bilateral agreements, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects in accordance with the law. , Has been widely supported and fully affirmed by the international community.
Moral support from many, scant support.
The US is advised to abandon political prejudice, assume international responsibilities, earnestly fulfill its international obligations and commitments, and work with other countries to fight corruption crimes, and no longer become a "safe haven" for corrupt elements and illegal assets.
If the United States insists on going its own way, it will end up shooting itself in the foot.
(Yin Jian)