MORE cadres have been punished for corruption and embezzling public funds, with their punishments ranging from a suspended death sentence to the loss of their jobs.
The China News Service reported over the weekend that a dozen cadres from Hubei, Anhui and Zhejiang provinces had been sentenced or sacked.
The latest catch was Wang Yechun, former head of personnel for Anhui's Education Commission. According to the news service, Wang was fired after he was found to have squandered more than 280,000 yuan (HK$260,680) of public money.
Over 14 months, the agency said, Wang feted his subordinates in 56 restaurants 163 times, spending at least 45,000 yuan of public money.
In 1993, they embezzled 180,000 yuan of government money.
But the report did not explain why Wang and his colleagues were able to escape prosecution.