Political Corruption

Six Guangzhou officials held for taking bribes

4 Oct 2012

Guangzhou's graft watchdog has arrested six more officials in its latest anti-corruption campaign, including the head of the city's vehicle management agency for allegedly taking more than three...

Guangzhou corruption probe snares two officials

27 Sep 2012

The Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog in Guangzhou said yesterday it had wrapped up internal investigations into two high-profile corruption cases, amid a provincial-wide campaign targeting...

Apathy, distrust, slows efforts to force asset disclosure in a Jiangsu district

8 Sep 2012

With calls for mainland officials to disclose their assets practically ignored, one city in Jiangsu has hit the headlines, being hailed by the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily as evidence...

Corruption scandals send HKU graft index to 10-year-low

22 Aug 2012

Recent graft scandals and ethical controversies involving some of the city's most powerful officials and property tycoons appear to have helped drive the University of Hong Kong's corruption index...

Conflict of interest disclosures need to be more specific for Hong Kong politicians

17 Aug 2012

Adherence to the highest standards in preventing conflicts of interest should be first and foremost in the minds of politicians nowadays. Not only are they required to abide by the strictest rules...

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

Alice Wu

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Ex-minister to face trial over Wenzhou crash

Disgraced former railways minister Liu Zhijun is expected to stand trial soon for his role in last year's deadly high-speed train crash in Wenzhou, after state prosecutors handed the case to...

Internet group denies funds abuse

The Internet Professional Association has denied abusing public funds, as the city's graft-buster pointed to flaws in the firm's management of a government internet-learning project, implicating a...

Address? 'Next to the vegetable stall'

Despite the government's crackdown against vote-rigging, an incomplete inspection of the voters' list for the September election has found at least 161 names with suspicious or vague home...

Older vote could hit democrat candidates

Pan-democratic candidates may suffer at the polls from marked shifts in the age groups of voters registered for September's legislative election, analysts said yesterday.

Defining dissent

The mass protest in Shifang, Sichuan, this month over an infrastructure project feared to be polluting was not new. Similar concerns also mobilised residents in Xiamen in Fujian, Panyu in...

C.Y.'s new priority: restoring confidence

After months of struggle, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying appears to have given up the fight to expand his ruling team, at least for now. On Monday, the government said its restructuring plan had...