5 officials in C China’s Henan punished for abusing the health code system
河南省5名官员滥用健康码制度受到处罚
Five officials from Zhengzhou, in Central China’s Henan Province, were punished for abusing the health code system, the city’s commission for discipline inspection and supervision announced on Wednesday.
The punishment came after an investigation following complaints from residents about their “heath codes turning red” without any reason. Media previously reported that the health codes of some clients of small rural banks in Henan, which were reportedly caught in an illegal fundraising scheme, suddenly turned red, meaning high infection risk and ban of movement. The sudden change in the codes happened when they tried to withdraw their savings which raised concerns of suspected abuse of the health code system.
According to a statement released by the commission on its official WeChat account, Feng Xianbin and Zhang Linlin, director and deputy director of the social control guidance department of the city’s epidemic prevention and control headquarters, made the decision of changing to red the health codes of some clients of the rural banks involved without authorization.
Authorized by Feng and Zhang, a local official from the stability maintenance body and another from the health code management department, in addition to the deputy general manager of a local big data company, changed to red the health codes of the banks’ clients who scanned venue codes in Zhengzhou.
It was estimated that a total of 1,317 clients with savings in the rural banks had their health codes changed, including 446 that had red codes when they scanned the venue code in Zhengzhou. The remaining 871 who were not in Zhengzhou still had red codes when they scanned the venue code of Zhengzhou sent by others.
The behavior of these officials of arbitrarily granting red codes to those who were not eligible has severely damaged the seriousness of the regulations governing the use of health codes, and left a seriously bad social influence which shows their weak legal awareness and consciousness, the statement said.
According to the statement, Feng and Zhang were held mainly accountable for the violations while the rest were held liable for direct responsibilities.
Feng was removed from his Party position and Zhang was punished with a warning. All the five officials were punished with administrative sanctions.
近日，“赋红码”事件引发社会广泛关注。6月22日，郑州市纪委监委发布《关于部分村镇银行储户被赋红码问题调查问责情况的通报》。据统计，共有1317名村镇银行储户被赋红码，其中446人系入郑扫场所码被赋红码，871人系未在郑但通过扫他人发送的郑州场所码被赋红码。
经查，郑州市委政法委常务副书记、市新冠肺炎疫情防控指挥部社会管控指导部部长冯献彬，团市委书记、市新冠肺炎疫情防控指挥部社会管控指导部副部长张琳琳，擅自决定对部分村镇银行储户来郑赋红码，安排市委政法委维稳指导处处长赵勇，市大数据局科员、市疫情防控指挥部社会管控指导部健康码管理组组长陈冲，郑州大数据发展有限公司副总经理杨耀环，对储户在郑扫码人员赋红码。
冯献彬、张琳琳、陈冲、杨耀环、赵勇等同志法治意识、规矩意识淡薄，违反《河南省新冠肺炎疫情防控健康码管理办法》及健康码赋码转码规则，擅自对不符合赋码条件的人员赋红码，严重损害健康码管理使用规定的严肃性，造成严重不良社会影响，是典型的乱作为，冯献彬、张琳琳同志对此分别负主要领导责任、重要领导责任，陈冲、杨耀环、赵勇同志对此负直接责任，应予从严从重问责追责。
依据《中国共产党纪律处分条例》《中华人民共和国公职人员政务处分法》，经研究决定，给予冯献彬同志撤销党内职务、政务撤职处分；给予张琳琳同志党内严重警告、政务降级处分；给予陈冲同志政务记大过处分；给予杨耀环、赵勇同志政务记过处分。
