China knows how to deal with corrupt officials.

From the Telegraph..The visual reminder of China’s brutal past has prompted calls for similarly harsh consequences when modern officials are convicted of embezzling public funds.

In recent times several senior officials – including one in Heilongjiang convicted of stealing £700,000 – have received suspended death sentences or life sentences.
“There is no real death penalty for economic crimes now. It is obviously an exculpation for corrupted officials,” wrote an anonymous contributor to the Strong Country Forum on the government-run People’s Daily online website.

We live in hope that some of the troughligate fuckers in The Commons will come to a sudden and violent end, especially one Jacqui Smith...

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