President Xi Jinping is serious when he said that he's going to fight corruption. Recently, eight top officials from a well-known university in China have been accused of committing acts of "hedonism and dishonesty."

The Guardian reported that top officials from Communication University of China were issued severe punishments.

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One of these university officials is Chen Wenshen, Communist party secretary, who was accused of driving "fancy cars" and throwing extravagant parties. His actions are said to have caused financial problems for the party.

Another top university official is Principal Su Zhiwu. Su was reprimanded for allegedly displaying the gifts that were sent to the university at his office without the proper paper works. Su is supposed to report that such gifts were sent and it will be then recorded by the university.

Vice-Principal Lv Zhisheng was also investigated because he allegedly didn't follow the "frugality rules" set by the university by throwing lavish parties that exceeded the budget.

Su and Lv were both fired from the university while Chen was subjected to disciplinary action. Details of the offenses were not released to the public.

According to People's Daily, "the conclusion from the sackings of so many top officials is this: no matter where are you, what department or unit you are in, no matter how important your position is, no matter how many people are involved, once you break the rules, we will investigate until the end."

The Standard reported that aside from Su, Lv, and Chen, there were five other top officials who were fired, demoted or warned due to accusations of corruption and data fabrication.

As the news about the corruption among top university officials hit the web, many students taken to social media to voice concern about their educators.

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