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China top judge urges increased efforts to reduce corruption in courts

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The president of China's Supreme People's Court, Wang Shengjun, called Wednesday for increased efforts to fight corruption in the country's court system. While Shengjun noted that progress has been made, he said that efforts must continue to establish a system to prevent and punish instances of corruption in the courts. Chinese courts are under the control of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which announced plans in January to increase its oversight of the families of government officials to control corruption. The SPC also recently announced new anti-corruption regulations in an effort to increase public confidence in the rule of law. Wang'g statements come two weeks after former SPC vice president Huang Sonyou was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. Huang is the highest-ranking judge to be charged with corruption since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Between 2005 and 2008, Huang allegedly embezzled 3.9 million yuan (about $574,000 USD) while serving as vice president of the SPC. He also allegedly embezzled 1.2 million yuan (about $175,000 USD) while serving as president of the Intermediate People's Court of Zhanjiang in 1997.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on February 04, 2010 (boomark / email).