On June 8, the Hubei Provincial Prison Administration held the 9th Congress of Model Reformers among prisoners. Zhang Erjiang, the former Party Secretary of Tianmen City, wrote books in prison and was twice rewarded with sentence reduction for meritorious service.
The author has always believed that corrupt officials' fall is rooted in their own nature, but also closely related to the huge loopholes in the anti-corruption system design. Could Zhang Erjiang, the "five-toxic secretary", have acted recklessly during his term of office (it's said that he had slept with 107 women), without the reasons of weak system and supervision? We must be vigilant against corrupt officials. It's the nature of every kind person to detest them deeply. But Zhang Erjiang fell from grace and was subjected to severe legal punishment; he has already paid and is bearing the price of indulging his desires - in 2002, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Higher People's Court of Hubei Province for embezzlement and taking bribes.