A total of 106,626 officials across China had been punished for discipline violations from January to November in 2009, an official with the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said Thursday.
Gan Yisheng, vice secretary of the CCDI, said anti-graft bodies and discipline inspection departments had received nearly 1.32 million petitions and tip-offs in the 11 months, 8.75 percent of which had been placed on file for investigation and prosecution