Thieves report corruption in bid to reduce their sentences

Two thieves who were caught in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, provided tips on allegedly corrupt officials they had stolen from in the hope of reducing their sentences.

Tang Shuiyan, 30, reported two allegedly corrupt officials in Hunan province in August through the website of the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection while she was out on bail.

She also reported seven other burglaries she had committed to the police department in the Liandu district in Lishui, Zhejiang province, to back up her tips.