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The Metropolitan Police was accused last night of shielding officers against accusations of rape after it emerged that dozens of complaints had not resulted in a single conviction over the past five years.
The figures, obtained by The Times, also show that since 2000 only 1 per cent of all public complaints of rape and sexual assault against Met staff were upheld by an internal police investigation.
Even then, a quarter of those who faced a disciplinary board were allowed to resign before any hearing and with police pension intact.
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BEIJING -- At least six district police chiefs are being investigated on suspicion of protecting local gangs in a major crackdown on crime in the southwest city of Chongqing, state media said Friday.
The six are suspected of being "protective umbrellas" for gangs, the official China Daily reported. Local media has reported that the gangs were involved in illegal casinos, loan sharking and extortion.
Chongqing is nearly two months into a concerted campaign against gangs that has already snared the head of the judicial bureau and a former longtime deputy head of the police, who was detained earlier this month. So far, 1,544 suspects have been investigated, including prominent business people, the newspaper said.
Corruption is a widespread and deeply rooted problem in China, sparking public anger that often spills into demonstrations and violent protests. The corruption has also resulted in an explosion of criminal gangs, many operating openly in some areas with the support of local officials.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported recently that more than 3,000 gangsters involved in mafia-style crimes had been broken up over the last 3-1/2 years around the country.
Earlier this month, a government spokesman said that more than 100 gangsters had been detained in Chongqing alone and that 14 gangs were broken up.
The China Daily cited a senior police officer saying 30 to 40 police officers have been detained in the city so far for involvement in crimes or for protecting gangs, including six directors or deputy-directors of district-level bureaus.
Three of the six officers were detained a few mintues before the opening of a meeting organized by the police last week that was to focus on the crackdown.
No one answered the phone Friday at the news office of the Chongqing police or at the office for publicity of district bureaus.
China Newsweek magazine said that as of the end of July, 502 officers from the police, courts and prosecutors were being investigated.
Chongqing's Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai, a former minister of commerce and a member of the powerful Politburo, has promised to clean up the city since being appointed to run Chongqing in late 2007.
As part of the campaign, Wen Qiang, the previous deputy director of the city police - a post he held for 16 years until last year - was detained in an internal investigation.
Wang Lijun, know for being tough on gangs, has been brought in to clean up from northeast Liaoning province, where Bo was previously governor.
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