Corrupt officials charged in China

CHINA has punished 17,505 officials this year on corruption charges, and its top prosecutor has warned that the rule of law could be in danger, a government news agency said yesterday.

The city’s Communist Party secretary has been fired, a leading businessman is being questioned and news reports said two senior officials in charge of managing government-owned assets were also under investigation.

“These figures show that the country’s prosecutors are determined to root out corruption,” Wang Zhenchuan, from Xinhua News Agency quoted China’s deputy chief prosecutor as saying.