MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Chinese government has organized prison visits for officials from key sectors, as well as their spouses, to raise awareness of corruption in the country, the China Daily newspaper reports, citing the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).
Visitors are allowed to see ex-officials, including their former leaders and colleagues convicted on corruption charges, so that they are "aware of wrongdoings involving corruption, correctly exercise their powers and actively receive supervision from the [Communist] Party [of China]," CCDI said on Sunday.
The investigations, as well as the prison tours for Chinese officials, are part of President Xi Jinping's nationwide anti-corruption campaign.
Corruption is considered to be a serious crime in China. Over 70 percent of Chinese citizens support the death penalty in cases of official corruption, according to a November, 2014, poll conducted by the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily.
