Chinese procuratorate handles 27,236 graft cases

A total of 27,236 corruption cases were investigated from January to November last year, according to a report from the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on Saturday.

About 2,257 of the 36,907 people investigated during the period were officials at county head level and above, accounting for 6.1 percent, said the report.

The number of cases was an increase of 6.8 percent year on year, and the number of corrupt officials was up 6.3 percent year on year, according to the SPP.

Procuratorate nationwide have been exerting a heavy-handed clamp down on corruption, in line with the Communist Party of China Central Committee's requirements of fighting "tigers and flies", referring to high and low ranking corrupt officials, the SPP said.