After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution


The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China declared in recent days that a record 58 senior officials, were probed last year - REUTERS

BEIJING: One day before a key meeting of China's anti-graft watchdog, the state broadcaster aired a programme on how grassroots corruption is being crushed, dispelling any notion that China is losing its grip on graft.

The first of four episodes of "Fighting Corruption for the People" ran on Sunday night (Jan 5), focusing on petty corruption cases including a northeastern primary school director profiting from kickbacks from on-campus meals and an official in rural Sichuan taking bribes from farm project contractors.

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