5 provincial-level officials punished by discipline watchdogs in Q1

Discipline inspection and supervisory agencies across China issued punishment to five officials at the provincial or ministerial level in the first quarter, the country's top anti-graft body announced, informs The Xinhua News Agency.

A total of 116,000 people received punishment over the period, including 98,000 who faced Party disciplinary punishment, according to figures released in a statement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Supervisory Commission.

Discipline inspection and supervisory authorities nationwide received 837,000 complaints and tip-offs, handled 440,000 pieces of evidence related to violations, and launched investigations into 135,000 cases.

A total of 715 officials at the prefecture level and 5,000 at the county levels also received punishment for violations, read the statement.