Majority want death penalty for corruption: survey   

调查显示73.2%受访者主张对贪污贿赂罪保留死刑

上周，中国青年报社会调查中心通过民意中国网和益派咨询，对2105人进行的一项网络调查显示，65.9%的受访者关注这次修改，59.3%的受访者直言目前《刑法》对腐败犯罪打击力度不够，73.2%的受访者表示应对贪污贿赂犯罪保留死刑。[查看全文]

(ECNS) – More than 70 percent of people interviewed in a recent survey want to keep the death penalty for crimes of corruption and bribery.

The survey, launched by the Beijing Youth Daily last week, asked 2,105 people for their opinions on revisions of punishment for corruption included in the draft of the ninth amendment to the Criminal Law.

Of all those surveyed, 83.1 percent said they hoped the amendment would get passed to aid China's fight against corruption.

The survey shows that increasing the severity of punishment for corrupt officials and also punishing their relatives concerned the public most.

Che Hao, associate professor at Peking University Law School, said the highlights of the revision include punishment of those who give bribes as well as the relatives and beneficiaries of corrupt officials.

When it comes to the controversial capital punishment, 73.2 percent of those surveyed said they wanted to keep it.

Che said scrapping the death penalty has been a trend globally. The ninth amendment plans to remove the death penalty for nine crimes, most of them economic ones.

"But the death penalty for corrupt officials isn't just an economic problem, but a political one," Che said. He added that given the current situation in China, keeping the death penalty may be a better choice.