Civil servants with families overseas are reassigned

The Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee said on Monday that it has reassigned nearly 1,000 so-called "naked officials" - civil servants whose family members have migrated overseas - as part of the widening anti-graft campaign.

The department has so far found more than 3,200 naked officials at deputy division director level or above, which includes the nearly 1,000 reassigned officials.

Under new regulations set by the CPC Central Committee in January, officials whose spouses and children have emigrated are not allowed to be promoted. It was the first time the Party's central authorities had put restrictions on naked officials.