Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] In the People's Republic of China (PRC), as a result of large-scale measures to combat corruption, 589 thousand people were punished. This was reported on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of China.
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"From January to September 2024, disciplinary inspection and supervision bodies across the country received 2.7 million letters and reports, including 756,000 reports and complaints. A total of 2,972 cases were transferred to the prosecutor's office for further investigation," the publication states.
It is specified that in 2024, 642,000 cases were initiated, including cases against 58 provincial and ministerial-level employees, 3,263 department and bureau employees, 26,000county-level and district-level employees, and 89,000 township-level employees.
In October 2022, China's top anti-graft official Xiao Pei publicly announced that China had effectively curbed the spread of corruption since the 18th Communist Party Congress in 2012. He said that some 80,000 officials had voluntarily confessed to their wrongdoings over the past five years.
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