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4.2 Mln Officials Punished for Corruption in China

Written: 2012-05-16 13:04:04Updated: 2012-05-16 14:28:56

4.2 Mln Officials Punished for Corruption in China

China’s state-run newspaper reports that hundreds of high-ranking Chinese government officials have been punished for violating government and Communist party rules over the past 30 years.

Quoting data from China’s National Bureau of Corruption Prevention, the People’s Daily said that a total of 465 senior government officials at or above the rank of vice ministers and vice governors were found to have defied the rules of the government and the Communist Party between 1982 and 2011. Of them, 90 were convicted of corruption.

The newspaper said that four-point-two million government and party officials were found to have violated various government and party rules during the period.

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