1.2 million punished in China graft drive

BEIJING: Nearly 1.2 million people have been punished in China’s ongoing anti-graft campaign, a senior official said, promising that the government will double-down on the drive that some say is a political purge.

As part of the campaign, nearly 2,600 fugitives have been repatriated, and 8.6 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) worth of assets have been recovered, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said in a statement on Monday.