Recently, various interest groups in China have expressed interest in disqualifying "naked officials" within the Communist Party. The "naked officials" are defined as those government personnel whose children and spouses are able to (or have) emigrate(d) to other nations, due to their high status as part of the government. These interest groups have voiced their concerns that these "naked officials" have high potential to be corrupt and therefore unfit for the position of governing the nation. Others however have also voiced their disagreement with such sentiments, stating that "...the children of officials have a legitimate right to seek studies and employment overseas."
In light of these events, one particular man, nicknamed the "goldfinger general" has also been gaining the media's attention as of late. For many, this comes as a shock, as China is not usually in the means of exposing corruption within its own military personnel. Gu Junshan, a former lietenant-general for the Chinese army, has been been facing corruption charges since 2012 for alledgedly buying various kinds of property from kickbacks in the sale of land owned by the military. Such property includes: a gold statue of Mao Zedong, a gold wash basin, and Maotai liquor. The alcohol was confiscated by officials from Junshan's villa in Henan province, in which reports say that the ancestral home is modeled after the Forbidden City. The villa itself has been dubbed by the locals of the province as the "General's Residence".
The article can be read HERE.
By: Lauren Marie De Guzman
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