Sichuan Investigates And Buys Sports Shoes

The reporter learned from the Sichuan Banking Regulatory Bureau on the evening of 13, that the State Audit Office announced that the Fucheng branch of the Mianyang branch of the ICBC was in violation of the provisions of the higher authorities for fraud and misappropriation of special expenses for earthquake relief. The Bureau attached great importance to it. The responsible person met with the head of Sichuan industrial and commercial bank in time, demanded immediate investigation, and seriously investigated the responsibilities of the relevant personnel in accordance with the law.

At the same time, the Sichuan banking regulatory bureau has issued another urgent notice to the provincial banking institutions to further strengthen the management of materials and funds for earthquake relief funds, requiring all agencies to take this as a warning, to carry out self-examination and rectification of the use of special funds, materials and donations in the system, strictly strengthen management and supervision in accordance with the relevant provisions, and manage and use funds and materials for earthquake relief in a lawful and coherent manner.

It is understood that the Audit Commission issued 12 on the "Wenchuan earthquake relief funds and materials audit notice", the current audit found 3 illegal incidents were exposed.

One of them is the ICBC Mianyang Fucheng sub branch, which uses "special relief for earthquake relief" to buy brand-name sports shoes for its employees.

According to the announcement, in May 28, 2008, the ICBC Mianyang Fucheng sub branch was fraudulent. The names of the 56 pairs of Nike sports shoes (28 thousand and 500 yuan) purchased from the 56 employees of the bank were filled into rainwear, rain boots and umbrellas. The special relief fee for earthquake relief was arranged at the higher level of the company. (according to the supplementary notice of the Sichuan branch of ICBC about the financial management related matters during the earthquake relief work, "special relief for earthquake relief" was reimbursed for maintaining the life safety and basic life of the employees in the disaster area, safeguarding the assets and maintaining the basic operation of the business outlets).

According to the announcement, after the audit found out and pointed out the above problems, the bank (ICBC Mianyang Fucheng sub branch) has returned the special fee for earthquake relief.