China Punished 589,000 People for Graft in Nine Months
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China’s anti-graft agency punished 589,000 people in first nine months of the year for discipline violations, including accepting or offering bribery.
There were 53 ministerial-level, or equivalent, officials among those punished, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said a statement on its website Saturday. A total of 2,972 cases were transferred to the prosecutor’s office for further investigation, according to the commission.