County vows to correct misuse of post-disaster relief money

CHENGDU - Netizens have protested angrily over the inappropriate use of 90 million yuan ($14 million) of post-disaster reconstruction funds in a Sichuan province county since that misdeed was disclosed in a prime-time program at China Central Television (CCTV) on Saturday evening.

In Internet posts, the netizens called for severe penalties to be meted out to those responsible for the misuse of the money. Without punishments, nobody will give money for disaster relief in the future, they said.

Santai county lies near the confluence of the Fujiang and Kaijiang rivers and is often flooded.