BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- In the first quarter of this year, a total of 121,000 Chinese officials, including 12 at the provincial or ministerial level, have been punished for disciplinary violations or misconduct, the country's top anti-graft body announced Wednesday.

 

Over this period, discipline inspection and supervisory agencies across China initiated investigations into 149,000 cases of suspected violations, including those involving 16 provincial or ministerial-level officials, according to a statement released by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Commission of Supervision.