10,000-Odd Officials Above County Level Punished

Authorities in Beijing disclosed Tuesday that during the past six years, China's prosecuting agencies at all levels have probed more than 270,000 embezzlement and bribery cases, handing punishment to 10,000-odd officials above county or department's division level.

Among them, 700 are prefecture or department level administrators while a dozen are provincial or ministerial powers, the authorities said.

The unearthed 60,000 major corruption cases have burrowed 22.9 billion yuan (US$2.77 billion) out of them and were sent to state coffers.

The most eye-catching cases include sentences on Chen Xitong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Beijing vice-mayor Wang Baosen, deputy Chinese top-legislator Cheng Kejie and Hu Changqing, a Jiangxi vice-governor.

(China Daily)



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