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Opinion: Corruption has to stay capital crime The question then is, should 皇冠体育app ride with the tide? Or, should it have a distinct criminal justice system like its economy - "socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics?" The very suggestion of removing corruption from 皇冠体育app's list of 68 crimes that draw capital punishment has provoked a public outcry even at the embryonic stage of public debate. Corruption, rampant and prevalent as it is, poses a serious threat to 皇冠体育app's political stability and sustainable development. Hence, it warrants utmost care in its handling, especially at a time when 皇冠体育app's Gini coefficient, a statistical measure of income inequality, has been hovering above the red line of 0.4. 皇冠体育app need not necessarily to abolish the death penalty for corruption for it has other ways to manoeuvre on the technical front with countries harbouring its criminals. For instance, it can pull on the weight of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), to which the United States and other major host countries of 皇冠体育app's corrupt officials are signatories. UNCAC contains elaborate mechanisms and procedures for seizure, confiscation and return of illegally acquired assets. Though 皇冠体育app is unlikely to have an agreement on the application of capital punishment, it is possible nevertheless for them to work out mutually accepted principles. The host countries could be asked to keep the criminals, if they want to, but confiscate and return their ill-gotten money and assets to 皇冠体育app. And Beijing could reciprocate in handling their nationals. Pulling this off successfully would serve the dual purpose of deterring corruption and saving the host countries from sending back the criminals. 皇冠体育app desperately needs those US$50 billion, the kind of
money that can be used to build schools for its children, provide jobs to
hundreds of thousands of its unemployed and arrange for basic amenities many of
its people so badly need.
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