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The
People's Liberation Army has issued a regulation to correct 69 financial
irregularities and close all the loopholes in its treasury.
The
irregularities targeted by the regulation, released by the PLA's Leading Group
of Financial Inspectors, include adjustments made to budgets without proper
approvals, appropriation or embezzlement of designated funds, irregular
granting of subsidies or allowances, as well as excessive spending on
receptions and entertainment.It requests that PLA units found to have
irregularities should put them right immediately. Also, individuals who have
used public funds improperly should give back the money in exchange for a
lesser punishment.
However,
the regulation stipulates that units or officers that knowingly violated
financial rules after October should receive tougher punishments.An important
PLA meeting was held in late October in Fujian province, with President Xi
Jinping, also commander-in-chief of the Chinese military, presiding over the
discussions. The meeting has been regarded by the military as a milestone in
its efforts to fight against corruption.
The
regulation urges the PLA's central departments and regional commands to make
their own rules based on their unique conditions, requesting them to close all
loopholes in their financial management.The PLA launched the inspection
campaign in February, expecting that one year would be needed to check its
units' expenses and revenues for 2013 and 2014.The PLA's seven regional
military commands were inspected before June, and a host of problems were
uncovered, including falsification of evidence and concealment of facts.
The
PLA said the goal of the campaign was to make sure military funding is spent to
improve combat capability rather than other purposes."Some corrupt
officers used loopholes in the financial system to embezzle public funds and
engage in other irregularities, but we were unable to punish them because their
behavior had not been listed as irregular in previous regulations," said a
PLA auditor who declined to be named. "Now we have specific clauses in the
new regulation to cope with them."
The
PLA has had a number of successes in its anti-corruption movement over the past
two years. Xu Caihou, former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission,
and 36 other high-ranking officers have been convicted, accused or placed under
investigation.In addition, more than 200 officers with the rank of lieutenant
colonel or above were punished in 2013 and 2014 for misconduct exposed by the
military auditors.
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