[Interpol] Warrant issued for Guo Wengui, Chinese billionaire threatening to expose corruption

[patman]

intentional organizations have exposed Chinese governments corruption number of times , nothing changes so will this time

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

There are two sides in an act of corruption. The party that give the money and the party that receives the money. The party that received the money is already in jail. So China is going after the party that is giving the money.

There is no doubt that Guo Wengui used bribery of public officials to enhance his business. Bribery is illegal (at least in the US) for both parties. So yes one is in jail and the other is trying to figure out an excuse to stay out of it. I think he believes that bribery is so ingrained and widespread that everybody is handing out "red bags" as it is considered the "norm" of doing business in China (which BTW still doesn't make it legal).

So he is just going to expose as much dirty laundry information about all the other officials he gave "red bags" to over the years as it was just the "norm". I'm sure it is a long list and will cause an uproar. He is just using the list exposure as blackmail to avoid arrest.

 

[Chhatrapati]

Lol. Indian justice system is a joke. Ask the rape victims and dalit. Its the f*cking laughing stock of the world.

Speaking of Justice system. Just see your rank of Judiciary. The only thing saved you in ranking is Hing Kong which follows British common law
At least we don't have a banana Judiciary.

 

[Tamilnadu]

There are two sides in an act of corruption. The party that give the money and the party that receives the money. The party that received the money is already in jail. So China is going after the party that is giving the money.

What's wrong with this Indian poster?

Can you tell me how Interpol alerts have been issued by China for giving money other than this guy in the past. ? answer that.
You will know whats right in this Indian poster and whats wrong with Chinese posters.

 

[Jacob Martin]

This is the reason why one needs an independent judiciary. So that anyone, irrespective of political status and mileage, can be held to account.

China should copy India's judiciary as it's the world's envy for a clean government.

China need independent judiciary but not Indian style judiciary

Do you even know much about India's justice system?

It is actually very good, totally politically independent.

Yes, there are some issues. But those have to do with the poor enforcement of decisions, lack of law and order in some places, and overburdened judiciary, than with the justice system per se

Lol. Indian justice system is a joke. Ask the rape victims and dalit. Its the f*cking laughing stock of the world

Indian judiciary faces a plethora of problems, but so far its independence has been brought into question only once - during the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.

There are, of course, the obvious issues such as incompetent appointments at the lower levels, corruption, inordinate delays, poor prosecution due to severe constraints faced by public prosecutors, and a backlog of cases that is threatening to overwhelm the courts. All of these undoubtedly severely compromise the quality of justice delivered, and I wouldn't mind if anyone wishes to debate this further, although it might derail the thread and that would be inadvisable.

However, since the point made by Bussard Ramjet was about independence, on that narrow point I support him. The others would do well to note the distinction between other factors I mentioned and the one raised by him. This kind of reaction to a post made by him in good faith is needlessly provocative and only leads to cat-fights.

 

[Nan Yang]

Can you tell me how Interpol alerts have been issued by China for giving money other than this guy in the past. ? answer that.
You will know whats right in this Indian poster and whats wrong with Chinese posters.

Am I supposed to know how Interpol works? He admitted he bribed an official on TV. Bribing an official is a crime...No?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/facebook-suspends-chinese-billionaires-account-by-mistake

Facebook suspends Chinese billionaire's account by 'mistake'

HONG KONG • Chinese-born billionaire Guo Wengui has recently publicised accusations of corruption against family members of top- ranking Chinese Communist Party officials. Last week, China's government asked Interpol to issue a request for his arrest.

On Friday, Facebook suspended Mr Guo's account. After he complained publicly, Facebook said the suspension had been a mistake, and his account was restored.

The incident comes in the middle of a full-court press by the Chinese government to push back against the accusations from the eccentric billionaire.


It highlights a persistent problem for Facebook, which must manage matters as varied as bad manners and high-stakes political battles on a website with nearly two billion users.

Facebook has been in a protracted and public courtship with China, which blocks the social network but has the world's largest Internet-using population. The New York Times reported last year that Facebook had developed a tool that would let third parties censor the social network as part of its attempt to gain entry into the market.



Just after midnight on Friday, Mr Guo posted a message on Twitter that said his public Facebook account had been suspended.

"What does this mean, Facebook blocked me?" he wrote in part of the post. "They must have got really scared! Can this stop my revelations? This is truly lawless. This is very interesting. Their fear and worry make me think that the value of my various evidence is bigger than what I had imagined."

Some responded to Mr Guo's message by posting photos of Facebook's chief executive, Mr Mark Zuckerberg, meeting high-profile Chinese politicians.

A Facebook spokesman said the company's automated systems had erroneously suspended Mr Guo's account and that once the company was able to investigate the error, it had restored the profile.

The precise reason for the suspension would be difficult to determine, the spokesman said, adding that publicising the reasons could allow others to manipulate the system.

Mr Guo did not respond to requests for comment.

Mr Guo, who is also a member of the Mar-a-Lago resort, owned by President Donald Trump, has attracted plenty of attention this week.

Hours before he was interviewed on Wednesday by Voice of America - which he had said would include a "nuclear bomb" of allegations - China asked Interpol, the global police organisation, to arrest the billionaire.

A Voice of America official said the Chinese government had pressured the broadcaster not to show the interview.

Mr Guo has been living outside China for two years after a deal to acquire a brokerage went bad. He has been accused of giving about US$8 million (S$11.2 million) in bribes to a former top intelligence official, according to a report from the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

In the Voice of America interview, he denied those allegations.

Mr Guo, also known as Miles Kwok, has made claims via social media platform Twitter, overseas Chinese-language Mingjing News and Voice of America about alleged corruption involving state leaders and their family members.

He has vowed to keep up the claims, saying on his Twitter account that he would continue to expose corrupt leaders, reported the SCMP.

"I'm working with lawyers to discuss how to legally publish videos on (members of the Communist Party's highest decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee). Their accounts, assets, property, fixed assets, the education of their children in the US and Europe," Mr Guo wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday night.

"No one can intimidate Guo Wengui. More powerful leaks are set to roll out... It's just the beginning."

 

[Godman]

So the guy bribed officials to make a fortune but messed up somewhere and is now trying to be the Anti-corruption activist?

 

[Zsari]

There is no doubt that Guo Wengui used bribery of public officials to enhance his business. Bribery is illegal (at least in the US) for both parties. So yes one is in jail and the other is trying to figure out an excuse to stay out of it. I think he believes that bribery is so ingrained and widespread that everybody is handing out "red bags" as it is considered the "norm" of doing business in China (which BTW still doesn't make it legal).

So he is just going to expose as much dirty laundry information about all the other officials he gave "red bags" to over the years as it was just the "norm". I'm sure it is a long list and will cause an uproar. He is just using the list exposure as blackmail to avoid arrest.

The case reminds me of another billionaire Lai, who fled to Canada and fought the extradition for almost a decade before being sent back to China. There was a lot of rumors of how he was connected to the upper echelon of the government and how he would bring down the high ranking party members if bought back to China. There are even articles suggesting that the Chinese government doesn't want him back at all for fear of being exposed. But in the end, the guy was extradited back to China with an open trial and a life sentence, and those involved in the bribery were prosecuted as well without much fanfare.