Breaking News – People in China concerned billion dollar donations for disaster aid would be embezzled
Recently, internet bloggers from China have continuously exposed messages of misuse and inappropriate handling of money that has been donated for the Sichuan earthquake. People in China are concerned whether the current government would be able to truly direct donations to victims of the disaster. Reporters from SOH radio network have interviewed people in China, many of whom felt distrustful toward the Chinese Communist government.
According to a resident in Hunan province, “The Red Cross has almost become a government organization, their credibility is the same as the government, because they take wages, charge various fees and collect commission.”
A resident in Guangxi expressed, the Chinese Communist regime is a corrupt system, which would even embezzle items and money donated toward disaster rescue. He said, “Many people in China are concerned, because the political officials in the Chinese Communist regime are corrupt in all aspects. They put those items which have been purchased with donations on sale, for example, one said that a small tent would cost ten thousand yuan. This is beyond people’s imagination.”
A resident from Shanxi said, “Now our people don’t dare to make donations, because they are worried the corrupt officials would spend all the money. The government officials are so corrupt, yet the media do not scrutinize them at all, they could commit any crime.”
A Chinese website recently revealed, when the Red Cross in Deyang City of Zhongjiang County purchased approximately 10 000 yuan of medical supplies, they requested a 50 000 yuan receipt from the pharmaceutical company.
On May 21st, when Communist government official Luo Jiang in Deyang was exposed for embezzlement of donated funds, his office was surrounded by mobs. Another government official in the Red Cross of Hainan Sanye, charged donation collectors a 5% administration fee. An array of such issues of corruption have continued to spark discontent from the general public.
The above was brought to you by Li Sisi, Bo Yue and Chris Thomas for Breaking News on the SOH Radio Network.
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