Officials punished for misuse of funds

A total of 135 officials have violated laws or Party discipline in handling the country's economic stimulus projects, as teams were dispatched to supervise the allocation of matching funds from local governments and oversee the flow of the stimulus money.

Among the 135, six violated laws and have been handed over to the prosecutors, according to a statement issued by the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The others received administrative or disciplinary punishment, it said.