Effort intensified to hunt corrupt officials overseas

New task force to begin seizing illegal assets moved abroad

The Supreme People's Procuratorate is setting up a special task force to hunt for corrupt officials who have fled overseas and to confiscate their illegal gains, Xu Jinhui, director of the SPP's anti-corruption and bribery department, said on Friday.

Prosecuting departments have captured 320 fugitives between January and June, and they will step up the hunt for those still at large, Xu said.