Public outrage sparked over a 10-minute video clip that surfaced online recently showing five men identified by the original poster as judges from the Shanghai Higher People’s Court allegedly consorting with several prostitutes at a resort in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area on June 9.
For many government officials, the past year has been hard on them. For starters, the nationwide anti-corruption crackdown on "tigers and flies" has been quite a challenge.
The ongoing controversy surrounding the corruption and abuses of power among political secretaries intensified when a speech by Xi Jinping, made more than two decades ago, resurfaced online.
A number of officials have been removed from their posts due to corruption or misconduct after investigations by disciplinary authorities. However, all were exposed by Internet users who found the initial clues that led to investigations.<br />
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