Downfall of Party Internet Policeman 'Helped Lead to National Cleanup Campaign'

(Beijing) – An official who worked for a Communist Party body set up to make the Internet more secure was detained by graft busters last year for taking huge large bribes, and the scandal was one of the reasons for a new campaign to stop a dirty business that involves companies paying to have negative reports about them taken offline.

Gao Jianyun was taken into custody in September over allegations he abused his power for personal gain and took a huge amount of bribes, a government official said on January 21 at a press conference to launch the cleanup campaign.