Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Execution for bribes!

Recently the Western World fears have been heightened by the discovery of tainted products, ranging from toys to toothpaste, that were imported from China.One of the Chinese officials first reactions after investigating the problem,was to execute the former head of the State Food and Drug Administration Zheng Xiaoyu.It was found that he had accepted $850,000 in bribes so that companies could register their products without doing necessary checks.

The results was dog food tainted with the toxic substance melamine,toothpaste with toxins as well as other products found to contain toxic materials.Chinese toothpaste has been banned and pulled of shelves in Panama and the Dominican Republic.China exporting revenue has been threatened and officials there have began a serious crackdown on food and export products safety.

What a drastic, cold and chilling concept; execute officials who accept bribes.Enron could have used some of this "Chinese Justice" as well as countries in the Caribbean,Africa and Latin America.Instead of sending them to medium to minimum security "golf course jails", execute them if by taking bribes they have cause the public health and safety to be compromise.I doubt if we in the West could handle such a concept, but it is something to think about.

When much has been given, more is required.

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Anup Shah, US and Foreign Aid Assistance, GlobalIssues.org, Last updated: Sunday, April 27, 2008