Yet none of these officers apparently saw fit to speak out about what happened at the time, or to alert superiors to possible misconduct by their peers.

We will make investigating and prosecuting major violations of the law and discipline an important task in the fight against corruption.

There is also a second, less-well understood phenomenon, that might suggest why a Westerner would enforce a rule or law in China whereas Chinese would ignore petty violations.

earlier this month, Beijing announced it was investigating the railways minister for "severe abuses of discipline".

He also feels the FA should speed up their disciplinary procedures.