Chapter 56 Chapter 54 Non-government anti-corruption network: "dance" on the tip of the law

The rise of non-governmental anti-corruption websites is a manifestation of the awakening of our country's citizens' awareness of rights, but this awakening is only in its infancy and needs to be carefully cultivated by a sound legal system. In recent years, as a series of "problem officials" have been pulled down by private anti-corruption websites, some whistleblowers, petitioners, and rights defenders who have been on the verge of confusion or collapse for a long time seem to have found a shortcut to victory from here. The founders of these non-governmental anti-corruption websites all claim that the original intention of setting up the websites is to uphold justice for the public, improve the country's legal system, follow the principle of public welfare, and provide a public platform for public opinion supervision.

However, the reporter's investigation found that although these non-governmental anti-corruption networks have promoted the progress of our country's democracy and legal system to a certain extent, their frequent false accusations, slander, interference with case investigations, and even bluffing or extortion are also seriously damaging the public. own reputation. A few days ago, the reporter interviewed the founders of some private anti-corruption websites in order to reveal the survival status of these websites. The Li Xin case is considered to be a landmark event that the non-governmental anti-corruption network has entered the public eye.As early as 2004, Li Dexin, known as "the first person in China's civil anti-corruption", continuously exposed the illegal evidence of Li Xin, the "kneeling deputy mayor" of Jining City, Shandong Province, on the "China Public Opinion Supervision Network" he founded. bring this official to justice.

Since then, my country's non-governmental anti-corruption websites have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and are active in the online world. According to an insider of the Beijing civil anti-corruption network, the full-time staff of the civil anti-corruption network is often only the founder of the website, and the rest are employed part-time by professionals.Most of these websites have sub-sites, correspondents, reporters and even chief editors, and openly solicit news clues from the society. Since the whereabouts of these non-governmental anti-corruption network practitioners are uncertain, they can generally only be found through online contact information.The reporter randomly opened several well-known non-governmental anti-corruption websites, and found that the person in charge of the website would leave their own contact information, such as QQ number and email address, at the bottom of the page.

On October 7, 2009, the reporter met Mr. Zhang, the person in charge of a private anti-corruption network in Beijing through a friend.He told reporters: "In order to collect information, I have been busy recruiting staff from various places recently. The target is the editorial staff of the local media, and let them do some auxiliary investigations for the website on a part-time basis." "The website mainly sends clues or contributions from whistleblowers, rights defenders, and petitioners. After receiving them, the website will arrange personnel to further investigate and verify." Mr. Zhang said, if the situation is true, we will first report it to the relevant place or department in the name of the website Send a letter, attach the proposed manuscript and request a reply. "These places or departments are afraid of being exposed, and they often deal with them in a timely manner after receiving the letter."

The reporter learned that if the problem is not resolved, the Civil Anti-Corruption Network will publish a report, and then tell the petitioner to print out the page and report it to the relevant department.For more serious cases, the website will also make follow-up reports, coordinate with some related brother websites to reprint, and maximize the influence. According to statistics from the Reporting Center of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, about 57% of clues to duty-related crimes investigated by my country's procuratorial organs in recent years came from reports from the masses.Among them, reporting and exposing corrupt officials through the Internet has become one of the main forms of non-governmental reporting.

"Reporting on non-governmental anti-corruption websites is a successful attempt by public opinion to promote judicial practice, and it is a good supplement to the supervisory agency." Professor Li Chengyan, a doctoral supervisor at the School of Government and Administration of Peking University, said in an interview with reporters. The main social reason for its emergence. With the advantages of the network, the non-governmental anti-corruption network can take the lead before the traditional media, and provide material to the traditional media, etc., and cooperate with the traditional media to perform the role of public opinion supervision, which is of positive significance in investigating and combating corruption. "

The reporter's investigation found that due to the current non-government anti-corruption network practitioners are mixed, there is a lack of effective management, and some websites have false accusations and defamation from time to time, and practitioners blackmail and blackmail the parties, which makes the role of this anti-corruption channel discounted. "Most non-governmental anti-corruption websites only require whistleblowers to be responsible for the content. The websites are limited in manpower and financial resources, and cannot verify the authenticity of materials." A person in charge of a non-governmental anti-corruption website in Beijing, who did not want to be named, told reporters that some websites only allow parties to Fingerprints and signatures are sufficient on relevant evidence. "If the whistleblower claims that what he said is true, the website will publish it."

"Reporting on the Folk Anti-Corruption Network is open, and everyone who enters the website can see the content of the report. If the content is inaccurate, the negative impact on the person exposed will be immeasurable." A Beijing official who often browses Folk Anti-Corruption A newspaper reporter who searched for clues to the report said, "Sometimes the things published by these websites are quite different from the facts, which has caused damage to the reputation rights of others and even constituted defamation." "The disclosure of website information and the popularization of the audience are very high, and relevant information is easily exposed prematurely, which makes the exposed person transfer property, destroy evidence, and form an offensive and defensive alliance to deal with the investigation of the discipline inspection department, thus bringing greater difficulty to the investigation of the case. "Professor Qi Shanhong, a doctoral supervisor at Nankai University, said in an interview with reporters.

"Although some of these websites have the title of 'China', most of them are not approved." Researcher Yin Yungong, director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with reporters, "The websites started with the word 'China' , must be approved by relevant departments, and most non-governmental anti-corruption websites have not gone through any relevant procedures, nor do they have network operation licenses or network publishing licenses." According to the reporter's understanding, none of these non-governmental anti-corruption networks in my country has official news gathering and editing qualifications.The "press cards" they issue are usually self-printed, with only the website's stamp on them, not formal press cards issued by the General Administration of Press and Publication.

Because of the low barriers to entry, some non-governmental anti-corruption network practitioners are of uneven quality, and violations of regulations are not uncommon.For example, in the name of rights protection, ask for huge rewards from whistleblowers.What's worse is that there are still people who use the reported materials to blackmail and blackmail the person who has been reported. According to reports, on July 25, 2008, the police in Tang County, Hebei Province cracked the "China Legal Network" fake network reporter fraud case.The network has developed more than 80 fake reporters, involving more than 1 million yuan.In fact, as early as two years ago, a reporter from "China Complaint Network" was suspected of fraud, and the amount involved was as high as 3.8 million yuan.

Yu Hai, a professor of sociology at Fudan University, once pointed out that the existence of non-governmental anti-corruption websites is reasonable to a certain extent, and some websites will go astray. The core problem is that the funds and management problems faced by the websites are not well managed The solution. Many experts believe that the key to making the non-government anti-corruption network on the right track lies in the improvement of its own development model and the timely intervention of government functional departments and strengthening supervision and management. "Any rights protection will definitely involve funds. An organization must separate its public welfare and profit, otherwise the fairness of rights protection will be questioned." Li Chengyan believes, "From the perspective of the website itself, other departments can be sought in the process of operation. These departments include government departments, associations, foundations and other aspects.” "Since the civil anti-corruption website is a public welfare website, we should not obtain economic resources from the petitioners." Yin Yungong suggested, "From a commercial point of view, we can increase the number of views of the civil anti-corruption website to obtain part of the advertising revenue. The government also We can help these public welfare organizations by encouraging people to donate to them, reducing taxes and other measures.” Relevant experts believe that we should encourage, support and guide legal non-government anti-corruption network reporting behaviors based on the attitude of promoting advantages and eliminating disadvantages, and avoiding disadvantages. criminal behavior.He believes that the country should issue relevant laws and regulations as soon as possible to strengthen supervision of this behavior. "Officials should provide more support and understanding to non-governmental anti-corruption networks." Qi Shanhong suggested, "Relevant anti-corruption departments should take the initiative to contact more non-governmental anti-corruption networks, actively guide them to operate in accordance with the law, and establish a good relationship of mutual trust and timely communication. Obtaining these valuable reporting clues from the people has gradually formed an important force for the close cooperation between the people and the government to fight corruption.” A number of interviewed experts believe that under the severe situation of anti-corruption in our country, it should be a worthwhile task to effectively regulate, mobilize and give full play to the power of non-governmental anti-corruption networks to participate in anti-corruption actions, so that official resources and private resources can form a benign interaction. new topic of research.