The ruling Communist party’s top anti graft body has said that as many as 9,361 officials in China have been reprimanded for violating austerity rules in the first three months this year. Those punished, including four ministerial-level officials, were involved in 8,788 cases, the Communist Party of China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a report posted on its website.
Report further added that in March alone, 2,701 officials were reprimanded in 2,672 cases. It said about one fourth of the cases involved illicit allowances and benefits.
Othe problems include unwarranted use of public vehicles as well as offering and accepting gifts and cash in violation of regulations. Thousands of officials were punished in the anti- corruption campaign launched three years ago by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
