China strives to weed out judicial corruption

BEIJING -- China's top judge Wang Shengjun said here Tuesday that the Supreme People's Court will "improve education of work ethics" to judges as a way to weed out judicial corruption.

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"Some judges have poor work ethics. A handful of them resort to fraudulent practices for personal gain, pervert justice for bribes and live a dissolute lifestyle," he said, when delivering a work report to the National People's Congress (NPC), the parliament.

A total of 712 officials from courts at various levels in China were punished for breaking laws or disciplines in 2008, Wang said. Among them, 105 faced criminal charges.

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