Relief aid to be closely monitored for fraud

Auditors will track funds donated to rebuild Yushu

Beijing - The National Audit Office (NAO) has vowed to strengthen its supervision of aid in Yushu, after it claimed back 300 million yuan ($44 million) of misappropriated funds that had been allocated for reconstruction in Sichuan province, which was hit by an 8.0 magnitude quake in 2008.

After a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Yushu in Northwest China's Qinghai province, the central government has sent officials from audit and finance departments to work with the civil affairs authorities to supervise the allocation of relief funds.