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More than 182,000 officials punished in China

China's ruling Communist Party punished more than 182,000officials last year in its high-profile anti-corruption campaign, authoritiessaid Friday

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Sat, January 11, 2014 Published on Jan. 11, 2014 Published on 2014-01-11T10:30:28+07:00

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hina's ruling Communist Party punished more than 182,000officials last year in its high-profile anti-corruption campaign, authoritiessaid Friday.

Anti-graft authorities across the country last year received more than 1.95 million allegations of corruption and agreed to investigate 172,532 cases, said Huang Shuxian, a deputy head of the ruling party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, at a briefing.

Huang said that as a result, a total of 182,038 officials were given disciplinary punishment, which can range from a mere warning to expulsion from the Party or worse.

'Disciplinary authorities at all levels... upheld imposing punishment upon all the corrupt,' he said

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