After viewing video surveillance the investigators discovered that Zheng's younger brother was in the hotel at the time of the bust. They soon found that he owned 15 percent of the hotel and the majority owner, Zeng Weibiao, was Zheng's former classmate.

Some five months after the hotel bust the investigation had still not been completed and Xie was transferred to the justice department and Zhu was posted to a job in the legal affairs department.

Meanwhile Zheng was promoted to the public security bureau of Qingyuan.

"The fact that officials have to go online to disclose the violations indicates that a clear channel to report abuse to discipline authorities is absent. It's still rampant that officials shield each other when they make mistakes," Xu Xianglin, associate dean with the School of Government, Peking University, told the Global Times.

Xie told the Guangzhou-based Nanfang Rural News in late October that he would not accept his transfer to the justice bureau. Later he said he hopes to return to his job in Yingde.

"This is not a personal fight between officials, it's a matter of right and wrong. Drug dealing touches our moral bottom-line," Xie said.

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