36,000 officials punished under China austerity drive in 2015

November 22, 2015 13:47

Nearly 5,000 officials have been reprimanded in China for violating austerity rules in October, taking the total number of those punished this year to 36,600, the ruling Communist Party's top anti-graft body today said. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said the officials, including two provincial and ministerial level officials, were implicated in over 3,800 cases, about a fourth of which involved unapproved use of public vehicles. Unauthorised allowances and subsidies, lavish weddings and funerals as well as illicit gifts were included in violations.

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