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The godless Commies are relentless in policing their own ranks and another member that has fallen to the temptations of greed and corruption will be facing an unpleasant future, as seen here.
Liu Yanping, a career figure in the CCP coercion complex, has run afoul of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the investigative agency that monitors the behavior and lifestyles of party leaders.
His problems may be related to those of Sun Lijun, another party and government big wig awaiting sentencing for bribery and stock market manipulation.
There are a number of ways to consider this move and others of a similar nature. First of all, the arrest and demotion of Liu may very well be the outcome of the normal way of doing things in China. Obey the rules or face the consequences. Secondly, this sends a message to others that such behavior will be discovered and punished, discouraging it among junior cadres.
On the other hand, Liu, for unknown reasons, may have aroused the ire of party superiors. This would be a likely outcome for one that has fallen out of favor.
In a sophisticated and benevolent democratic system such as that of the US, no such sequence of events is likely to occur, at least for now. With the notable exceptions of political figures like Ted Stevens and Scooter Libby it takes extravagant misbehavior for an American politician or appointed agent to suffer criminal prosecution, unless he is a member of the minority political party. Disgraced FBI people, James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Skrzok and Lisa Page have actually been rewarded for their illegal and unethical behavior.
Donald Trump, an independent force in many ways, has faced and continues to face, continuous legal hurdles in his political, business and government affairs. The biggest difference between his problems and that of any Chinese malefactor is that Trump's issues are a gold mine for the legal profession. In China, Liu's thing is more of an exercise in bureaucratic infighting.
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