Blasting the corrupt
Here’s something refreshing from China—and it’s not about the trade war.The British Broadcasting Co. has reported that an online game called “Incorruptible Fighter” has become so popular that its Web site has crashed. Since its launch nine days ago, the game has been downloaded more than 100,000 times. It is currently being updated to meet the unprecedented demand.
Players get ahead by killing and torturing corrupt officials and assisting honest ones.
“Along the way, they are led through a series of moral challenges before entering a corruption-free paradise,” the BBC said.
The game was designed by a regional government in east China to highlight the problem of corruption among public officials.
China has become aggressive in its crackdown on corrupt officials. In recent weeks, high-profile cases have been exposed. A former food and drug watchdog head was executed after being convicted of taking bribes, and the former leader of Communist Party in Shanghai was expelled from the party after being linked to a pension find scandal.
Gamers say they feel a “great sense of achievement when [they] punish lots of evil officials.”
This sentiment could well be uttered by anybody from the Philippines, equally plagued with corruption—in the event, and we hope it’s not remote, that some form of justice against corrupt officials is served.
The Chinese definitely have no qualms using this violent approach. We don’t always agree with them, but we do here, as far as the attitude against the crime is concerned. Corruption is never to be taken lightly or accepted as a given.
