'Toughest servant' takes job after 9 years
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After nine years of absence from a government post, Jiang Jinxiang, the "toughest civil servant" whose story has stirred up many disputes both on and offline, went back to work on Monday.
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Jiang, who had worked in Longyan city in East China's Fujian province as a former section chief under the standing committee of the Longyan people's congress, was suspended from work in May 2002 after reporting on what he alleged was the poor quality of a local underground utilities project. He stated his concerns in documents he distributed to delegates of the Longyan people's congress.
Jiang said his act led to retaliation.
"I was shocked because they did nothing about the problem I reported but instead went after me," Jiang was quoted as saying.
Jiang was placed on suspension and, according to earlier reports, eventually left his position without asking for permission. He was later dismissed from his office in the Longyan people's congress and transferred to the supervision wing of the local urban construction authority in Oct 2003.
Jiang, for his part, maintained that he was still on suspension from his previous employer and that he had never received a formal notice of dismissal. He denied that he had been transferred to a different position and avoided showing up to his new job for a single day of work.
Meanwhile, his salary from his previous position continued to be paid on time. His account accrued about 150,000 yuan ($22,727) over the course of 89 months.
Jiang's case became a topic of debate after a friend of his began to discuss it on the Internet. The public sarcastically dubbed Jiang "China's toughest civil servant" for his nine years of freeloading.
Jiang said the name is not a good description him.
"I'm not 'tough' at all, nor do I come from a powerful background," Jiang said. "My entire family lives on my salary. This irresponsible result (his suspension and transfer) came about because I was too responsible for my job in the first place."
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