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71 fugitive officials caught in 6 years
(Shenzhen Daily/Agencies)
Updated: 2004-09-14 17:14

The Chinese government had extradited 71 corrupt fugitive officials from overseas since 1998, a national prosecutors' meeting in Guangzhou was told over the weekend.

The figure was not satisfactory, as the number of fugitive officials overseas had increased since 2000, Xinhua News Agency said.

Earlier media reports said some 4,000 officials had fled overseas with a staggering US$50 billion, but Xinhua said the exact number was still under investigation.

Procuratorates across the country should work harder to track down corrupt officials who had fled China, Wang Zhenchuan, vice Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), told the meeting.

Deputy Procuratorate-General Wang Zhenchuan urged fellow prosecutors to raise their sense of responsibility and urgency in dealing with capital flight. They should also groom a pool of experts well versed with the laws and languages of other countries, said Wang.

Attempts to get hold of corrupt officials who had fled abroad with money illegally obtained were being hampered by the small number of extradition treaties China had signed.

China had entered into only 19 extradition pacts, Xinhua reported. Even these treaties were of little use as most were with developing countries, not the kinds of places likely to attract newly rich officials.

Previous media reports said favorite destinations for officials with a one-way ticket out of China included the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The meeting also heard that investigations had begun into corruption cases involving 22,900 suspects between January and July this year, including 1,767 officials who were above county level.



 
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