Photo: ReutersThe number of corruption cases heard by Chinese courts jumped by about one-third last year, as the country's top prosecutor vowed on Sunday (local time) there would be no let up in China's campaign against deep-seated graft. Dozens of senior figures have been jailed for corruption and abusing their positions, including a once powerful domestic security chief, Zhou Yongkang. Compared with figures he gave in last year's report though, that represents about a one-third rise for both on 2015. However, they provided no details on the number of people convicted for these crimes in 2016. In 2015, Chinese courts convicted more than 1400 people for harming national security, including taking part in terrorism and secessionist activities, double a broadly equivalent number given for 2014.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 12, 2017 02:26 UTC