6 officials punished for gambling violations

Six officials have been punished for violations involving gambling, the country's top anti-corruption body announced on Tuesday.

Though officials are strictly prohibited from gambling by the law and regulations, it is rare for the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to make public details of those involved in such cases.

The six, all of them of middle or lower rank, include local Communist Party officials, government officials and prosecutors in a number of provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.