Round-up of news reports on corruption from the world's media
A round-up of news reports on corruption from the world's media
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Supreme Court has set up its own inquiry into the death of an official who was investigating corruption allegations against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, the BBC reports. The probe will run in parallel to an inquiry ordered on Sunday by the interior ministry. Kamran Faisal was found hanged on Friday in the government hostel in Islamabad where he lived. Police say he may have taken his own life, but his family alleges foul play.
DAVOS, Switzerland – Russia has grown substantially over the past years but has also become increasingly fragile, according to a World Economic Forum study reported on the Financial Times Beyond Brics blog. The country has missed an opportunity to use large energy windfalls in the past decade to reform and make itself more resilient to future shocks by nurturing a dynamic and diversified economic base, the study says. Corruption has gone unabated despite a significant rise in GDP, while increased spending on an ever-larger government apparatus has failed to improve the delivery of public services from health to infrastructure, it adds.
HARARE - Plans by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs to launch a campaign against corruption in the judicial sector have stagnated due to a critical shortage of financial resources, the Zimbabwean reports. The Deputy Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs Obert Gutu, who also heads the ministry’s Anti-Corruption Committee, revealed that the anti-graft campaign - intended to involve the public - was supposed to have started earlier this month but failed to kick off.
BEIJING - Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, used very powerful and vivid language at a high-profile meeting on Tuesday to show his resolve to fight corruption, Xinhua reports. Xi said the Party should crack down on "tigers" and "flies" by dealing with illegal activities by officials and tackling malpractices and corruption cases that affect the people. Among the "tigers" investigated since the 18th National Congress last November are Li Chuncheng, former deputy secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, and Yi Junqing, former director of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
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