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Relief Work
Special> Earthquake in Qinghai> Relief Work
UPDATED: April 23, 2010
No Looting of Relief Goods in NW China's Quake Zone: Official
The government helps all quake victims, regardless of their nationalities
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A Chinese official Thursday said there had been no looting of quake relief materials in northwestern province of Qinghai and the aid had been distributed to victims in a fair and transparent way.

Geng Yang, director of the Qinghai Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, said sparse looting did happen in the early period of the distribution of the relief materials.

"But this has been promptly stopped by government," Geng said in response to some media reports which also said some individuals in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, hit by a 7.1-magnitude quake on April 14, stockpiled and sold the materials at high prices.

Geng said their own investigations did not discover the alleged misconduct.

He also denied some reports that most tents were given to officials and government workers.

On the contrary, "it is mainly local officials and government employees who have yet received the tents. More than 90 percent of them haven't had the chance of going back home since the earthquake," he said.

The relief operation had been open and transparent, Geng said. "The government helps all quake victims, regardless of their nationalities," he said.

(Xinhua News Agency April 23, 2010)



 
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