2010-07-15 11:48

From January 2005 to May 2010, China's all-level procuratorial organs retrieved a total of 31.26 billion yuan ($4.62 billion) from investigating and dealing with cases of corruption and bribery, the Procuratorial Daily reported.

During this period, 178,393 people involved in 146,570 cases relating to corruption and bribery were investigated and dealt with. There were 8,776 cases involving properties worth more than one million yuan ($147,700) and 122,106 people were convicted.

Also, 6,148 suspects once at large were caught, including 71 who had absconded out of China.