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Chinese auditors find 117 cases of fund embezzlement in 2007

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-27 21:47

BEIJING - China's top auditor Liu Jiayi said on Wednesday that the National Audit Office (NAO) found 117 cases of fund embezzlement in 2007.

Liu, NAO auditor-general, revealed the figure here when he reported the country's audit work to the fourth session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

Some 88 people involved in the cases were arrested, prosecuted or convicted and 104 were given disciplinary punishments, Liu said.