Dec 24
China’s Anti-corruption Bureau Website Crashes Just Hours After Its Launch
Dec 24, `07 — The website of the National Bureau of Corruption Prevention (NBCP) crashed on Tuesday, Dec 18, just hours after its launch, as droves of people logged on to complain about corruption among officials, ChinaDaily reported on Dec 20.
ChinaDaily further reports, “The website, yfj.mos.gov.cn, was closed for most of the afternoon, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
An NBCP official, who did not want to be named, confirmed the breakdown had occurred. “Repairs were carried out soon after the website broke down and normal service has now been resumed, he told the Xinhua News Agency.
“The number of visitors was very large and beyond our expectations,” he said. As of 4 pm of Wednesday, Dec 19, visitors had left 22 pages of messages in the website’s guest book.
While many of them referred to report specific cases of official corruption, these were redirected by the webmaster to other sites, such as that of the Ministry of Supervision.
Other visitors made calls for the strengthening of the government’s anti-corruption efforts, and comments about the need for special attention to be given to cases involving institutes of higher education and grassroots governments.
“The corruption problem in China is a fatal illness. Establishing more institutions will not solve the problem,” one comment read.
The enthusiasm that greeted the launch of the website reflects the growing frustration felt by the public toward corruption at government level, which has been accentuated by several high-profile cases in recent years.” More at ChinaDaily.