Fox Hunt to ‘close all exits for fugitives’
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THE Fox Hunt 2015 campaign must close all exits for fugitives as China seeks to drive corruption into extinction, an expert said yesterday.
The Ministry of Public Security campaign officially began yesterday, following last year’s campaign that saw 680 economic suspects, corrupt Party members and government officials return to China.
Huang Weiting of Qiushi, a Communist Party of China Central Committee magazine, said the number of returnees was only a small portion of the number of such fugitives.
The goals of the campaign are to squeeze the space for fugitives overseas and deter potential economic criminals.
“The overseas assets of China’s state-owned enterprises were rarely audited, and even now auditing efforts fall short. More firms expanding overseas means more transnational activity,” Huang said.
Corrupt officials are joining the transnational economic flux to transfer assets, and Fox Hunt is a way to arrest that trend, as part of a larger campaign codenamed “Sky Net” that combines government, Party, law enforcement agencies, the central bank and diplomatic services.
The public security ministry plans to prevent private overseas trips without proper visas and the illicit transfer of money via offshore companies and underground banks.
High-level officials who have sent their families abroad will be a special focus. Such “naked” officials are banned from promotions and from “important and sensitive” posts in areas like the military, diplomacy and national security.
“Naked does not necessarily mean corrupt, but some of them definitely have the tendency to flee,” Huang said.
In December, more than 3,200 “naked” officials at county level or above were identified, of which 1,000 held key positions. Those whose families refused to return were demoted.
The campaign is expected to run more smoothly with wider international cooperation. The United Nations recommends a ratio between leading countries and cooperative ones on how to divide confiscated assets.
“Some cases can be difficult, and foreign countries may get a larger share if their law enforcers have offered greater help,” Huang said.
China has already reached a deal on carving up spoils with Canada, while it is in regular contact with the United States on the issue, he said.
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