China corruption: Record cash find in official’s home

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A party conference in Beijing on 12 September 2014
Thousands of Chinese officials have been investigated on suspicion of graft and corruption

Anti-corruption investigators in China have reportedly found the equivalent of $33m in cash at an official’s home – the biggest such haul to date.

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More than 200m Yuan (£20m) were found and four out of 16 counting machines broke whilst measuring the notes, a prosecutor said.

Wei Pengyuan, a senior official at the National Energy Administration, is under investigation for corruption.

President Xi Jinping has promised to tackle corruption in China.

The massive haul was revealed in a press conference on Friday by top anti-bribery prosecutor Xu Jinhui.

Mr Wei, who is the deputy chief of the National Energy Administration’s coal department, was put under investigation in May for allegedly accepting bribes.

China has sentenced more than 13,000 officials found guilty of corruption and bribery in the first nine months of 2014 alone.

Graphic showing amount of cash found at Wei Pengyuan's home and average salary in China

President Xi warned that his campaign against corruption would target both “tigers” and “flies”, indicating that no one, even senior party members, were exempt from the crackdown.

Since he came to power, some of China’s biggest political heavyweights, including the vice-chairman of China’s parliament and the former security chief have been targeted by the anti-corruption campaign.

Experts have even suggested that the proportionately high number of suicides among party officials is down to the pressure from the battle against corruption.

President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Bucharest on 19 October 2009
President Xi says no one is safe from his battle against corruption, which he says threatens the party’s existence
Babatunde Akinsola
Babatunde Akinsolahttps://naija247news.com
Babatunde Akinsola is aNaija247news' Southwest editor. He's based in Lagos and writes on the Yoruba Nation political issues, news and investigative reports

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