An audit report released by the Ministry of Health yesterday records several cases of financial misconduct involving the National Committee for Oral Health (NCOH).

The report revealed that the NCOH, a small but "clever" advisory body that was dismantled in April after its operations came under public scrutiny, made unauthorized endorsements worth about 2.09 million yuan ($273,000) between 1997 and 2006.

The report also found, without naming any names, that the committee's "primary responsible party" had illegally claimed about 74,200 yuan as a housing subsidy and 46,000 yuan as a duty allowance during one two-year period.