China graft drive

1.2m people punished till now

Nearly 1.2 million people have been punished in China’s ongoing anti-graft campaign, a senior official has said, promising that the government will double-down on the drive that some say is a political purge reports AFP.
As part of the campaign, nearly 2,600 fugitives have been extradited or repatriated, and 8.6 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) worth of assets have been recovered, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said in a statement published on the organisation’s web site Monday. China has extradition treaties with 48 countries in total, including Spain, Italy, and France, which returned a fugitive to China last September.
Speaking at a press conference Monday, Luo Dongchuan, a senior CCDI official pledged that the campaign would continue, saying that the government should “keep the crushing momentum against corruption,” according to a press briefing transcript posted on the group’s website.

 

 

China graft drive

1.2m people punished till now

Nearly 1.2 million people have been punished in Chinas ongoing anti-graft campaign, a senior official has said, promising that the government will double-down on the drive that some say is a political purge reports AFP. As part of the campaign, nearly 2,600 fugitives have been extradited or repatriated, and 8.6 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) worth of assets have been recovered, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said in a statement published on the organisations web site Monday. China has extradition treaties with 48 countries in total, including Spain, Italy, and France, which returned a fugitive to China last September. Speaking at a press conference Monday, Luo Dongchuan, a senior CCDI official pledged that the campaign would continue, saying that the government should keep the crushing momentum against corruption, according to a press briefing transcript posted on the groups website.