BEIJING: A rising number of government officials has been placed under investigation for alleged misuse and embezzlement of poverty relief funds, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) said.
Statistics released by the SPP on Thursday showed that between January and October this year, national prosecuting departments investigated 1,623 government officials in connection with crimes involving poverty relief funds, a 94.6% increase compared with the same period last year.
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