20 percent of sacked officials had mistresses: graft watchdog says

Nearly 20 percent of the 241 officials who have been transferred to judicial organs in China's anti-graft campaign since November 2012 were identified as having extramarital affairs, according to statistics drawn from posts on the website of the Party's top disciplinary watchdog.

From the end of 2012 to Friday, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) posted more than 630 case reports on its website. Among the 241 officials who were transferred to judicial organs, 48 male officials were confirmed as having had extramarital affairs, reported the Beijing Times on Tuesday.

Among the 48 officials, 19 were reported to have committed adultery. Ji Wenlin, former vice governor of Hainan Province, was expelled from the Party for "committing adultery" in July.

The statistics showed that the officials at higher levels were more likely offenders. Another 14 officials among the 48 reportedly kept more than three mistresses or lovers.

Almost all of the officials were described as "taking advantages of their positions to seek gains for others and accepted large amounts in bribes," said the report.

Many officials embezzled or took bribes to keep their mistress or maintain the relationship with the mistress.

Many mistresses eventually turned against the officials. Mistresses' reporting of their ex-lovers to the police has become an important source of information in the ongoing anti-graft campaign.