Corrupted Officials Punished in Beijing

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, January 02, 2002

Corrupted Officials Punished in Beijing

Thirty-one senior officials in China's capital were punished for corruption according to law during the January-to-November period of 2001, according to the sources of the procuratorate in Beijing.

Thirty-one senior officials in China's capital were punished for corruption according to law during the January-to-November period of 2001, according to the sources of the procuratorate in Beijing.

The officials includes former president of Beijing Second Institute of Foreign Languages, who embezzled more than 3 million yuan, and other officials served at economic and trade sector.

China will continue to strengthen its anti-corruption drive to ensure a stable environment for economic construction in the new century, said China's leading official in charge of disciplinary work.

In the past two years, China dealt with a lot of bribery and graft cases, involving some senior officials, such as Cheng Kejie, former vice-chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, Hu Changqing, former deputy governor of Jiangxi Province, and Li Jizhou, former vice-minister of Public Security.

Statistics show that 136,161 officials nationwide were punished for graft, bribery or misconduct last year.

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