Public to help watch over funds in anti-poverty sector

China's top poverty relief authority will use the sunlight of public scrutiny to tackle embezzlement and misconduct in the sector, a senior official said on Wednesday.

In addition to strengthening supervision, Liu Yongfu, director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, said the office will institutionalize publicity about anti-poverty projects and their funding as a way to curb misconduct.

"Public scrutiny will intimidate embezzlers, and those who persist in wrongdoing will pay a heavy price," Liu said.