China law officials punished for fake Finnish trip
They’re like, “Damn!! We can traffic young girls through Finnish customs, but not ourselves!!”
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has punished a group of law enforcement officials who faked a letter of invitation from Finland’s justice department because they wanted to get a free tour of Europe, state media reported on Tuesday.
The group of 10, from central Anhui province’s prosecutor’s department, were deported upon arriving at Helsinki airport when Finnish officials sniffed out the ruse, the semi-official China News Service said.
[...]The main instigator, deputy head of Anhui’s prosecutor’s office Xu Wenai, was fired and thrown out of the Communist Party, it added.
The Chinese government pays for officials to go abroad, ostensibly to learn about modernisation, but in recent years there have been scandals when officials have brought along their families and used the trips only for shopping.
Hat Tip to -Mo- for the link!
corruption is creeping up…a sign of the state/communist party losing the greep on the situation…or could it be that the “visible” hand is not working ….
Comment by Greetings from russia — Wed, Aug 8th, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
fired and thrown out of the party? gasp, at least he did not get the punishment given last month to their guys in charge of keeping leaded paint out of USA bound toys. The firing squad.
Comment by winter, "Yea, Proton Power, now in remission" — Wed, Aug 8th, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
Heh heh, sort of like the ‘visible’ hand in Finland. To enjoy life, Finns have to ‘cheat’ the system—buy cars in Germany to avoid effects of the illegal car tax, Estonia for booze and fun, safely keep investments abroad to avoid Finland’s publishing of their private financial data …
Comment by Kristian — Wed, Aug 8th, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
“Instant noodle makers have increased prices by up to 40 percent”
looks like inflation is out of control:
->social unrest
->no more free trip on the back of tax payer (?)
Comment by Dum — Wed, Aug 8th, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
Kristian, stop linking that same tired shit every post. And “To ‘enjoy life’ Finns have to cheat the system”??!?! You materialistic swine! There’s more to life than cars and buying crap. Unbelievable. And just why should every society/country take this mass consumption model as the high point of development? This libertarian thing focusing on the individual above all else is just too narrow. Like your heavily recycled posts…
Comment by Salopian — Wed, Aug 8th, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
Kristian: I have enjoyd my 40 years in Finland immensely without ever buying a car in ANY country. Also, I somehow manage to enjoy life without drinking any alcohol whatsoever. I also have managed to invest in Nordea Fennia Rahasto without ever exporting my money abroad. Amazing, isn’t it?
Comment by Fat Bastard — Wed, Aug 8th, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
Maybe they shoulda dressed like cheap Chinese whores with ‘FIE DOLLAR ME LUV U LONG TIME’ taped to their chests.
They’d have been waved through no problem. 
Comment by hfb — Wed, Aug 8th, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
@2: I know it’s not the firing squad, but expulsion from the Party is a pretty big deal; good-bye the good life, hello abject poverty.
@7: That sounds a wee bit racist, even if it’s targeted at the Finnish customs officials…
Comment by aet75 — Wed, Aug 8th, 2007 @ 8:38 pm
aet75
they were probably betting on a firing squad. Now they have to get rich the old fashoned way, real work.
Comment by winter “Yea, Proton Power, now in remission†— Thu, Aug 9th, 2007 @ 3:02 am
This Chinese whore was not caught in Finalnd but in Germany (lower taxes, happy people, lots of nazis, cheap kebab). And why does hfb write as if she wasn’t an idiot, just average-not-funny-american asshole?
Comment by Anonymous — Thu, Aug 9th, 2007 @ 9:29 am
Yep, I thought this was funnier than hell. I can just imagine me trying to sneak back into Finland and I wouldn’t past Chicago lol. But like 10 Chinese people.. made it THAT far.. that’s just the cherry at the top of the ice cream.. too funny
Comment by Mo — Thu, Aug 9th, 2007 @ 11:28 pm