Sichuan Schools Corruption Scandal - Attempt To Interfere With Survey

Attempt To Interfere With Survey

In justifying the relatively long time CEA used to produce the intensity diagram of the Wenchuan earthquake, Vice President of International Association for Earthquake Engineering XIE Lili (Chinese: 谢礼立) who was a member of the survey team indicated that "some (local government) may want to make more serious estimations of earthquake damage, so they could obtain more compensation," hinting attempts to interfere with the survey. The same news article quoted persons in the know who suggested that another motivation for attempted interference would be to boost intensity in order to evade responsibility for not following seismic design codes. Despite later denial by CEA that the published intensity reflected such interference, MA Zongjin (Chinese: 马宗晋), Chairman of the National Expert Committee for Wenchuan Earthquake who is also the Chairman of the National Expert Committee for Disaster Prevention, openly confirmed that "some local workers wanted to increase (report of) local damages or seismic intensity" in a press conference sponsored by the State Council State Council Information Office of the PRC.


Weiquan Lawyers
Background
Weiquan movement · Chinese legal reforms · Human rights in China · Protest and dissent in China · Barefoot lawyer
Lawyers and legal scholars
A-G Chen Guangcheng · Gao Zhisheng · Guo Feixiong · Guo Guoting
H-L Hao Jinsong（Chinese：-{郝劲松}-） · He Weifang · Jiang Tianyong · Li Boguang · Li Heping · Li Jianqiang（Chinese：-{李建強}-） · Li Xiongbing（Chinese：-{黎雄兵}-）
M-W Mo Shaoping（Chinese：-{莫少平}-） · Ni Yulan · Pu Zhiqiang · Teng Biao · Tang Jingling（Chinese：-{唐荊陵}-）
X-Z Xu Zhiyong · Zhang Xingshui（Chinese：-{張星水}-） · Zhang Sizhi · Zheng Enchong（Chinese：-{鄭恩竉}-）
Organizations
Committee for the Protection of Lawyers' Lawful Rights · Yitong Law Firm · China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group · China National Anti-Demolition Home Alliance · Chinese Society of Human Rights Lawyers for Petitioners · Open Constitution Initiative
Cases and Events
Shi Tao's arrest · Sun Zhigang · Deng Yujiao incident · Linyi · Chinese milk scandal · Sichuan schools scandal

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