China investigated more than 25,000 people for corruption in the first six months of 2014, state media said on Friday, amid a nationwide crackdown on graft.
Nearly 85 percent of the cases investigators pursued involved bribes of more than 50,000 yuan ($8,000) or embezzlement of 100,000 yuan, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the country’s top prosecutor, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP).
Such “major cases” were up nearly 14 percent over the corresponding period last year, Xinhua said.
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