Spectacles of corruption

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MS Editorial | Corruption remains very much alive – so alive that many have become resigned that it is a given in public life. READ:

A television show in China is attracting viewers for its approach to government corruption, Agence France Presse reports.

One such official is the former vice public security minister Sun Lijun, who is accused of taking bribes, manipulating the stock market, illegally possessing firearms and paying for sex.AFP also describes the show as a display of wealth and excess, such that the public is drawn to how the officials cannot seem to hide their pride at pulling off their corrupt acts.

If there were a similar show here, we wonder: Whose story would be told, and how would the comeuppance be portrayed?

 

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