LETTER: Mashatile blindly follows China
ANC treasurer-general’s ignorance of how the Chinese Communist Party deals with corruption is an embarrassment
As praise singer for China, ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile says the party follows the lead of the Chinese Communist Party in dealing with corruption. (“We will follow your footsteps in cleaning up ANC, Mashatile tells Chinese Communist Party”, June 21).
Does he know that “corruption” in China is dealt with by a secretive entity called the National Supervisory Council; that suspects can be detained, interrogated and sometimes tortured for up to six months in “black” jails, without access to a lawyer or visits by family members; that the council and its predecessor has used its wide powers to suppress political dissidence; and that this mechanism operates outside the (already compromised) legal system, without any appeal or recourse?
Such statements are not only shockingly ignorant; they embarrass the country.
Gerrit Olivier, Brixton
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