Profile of 63 'tigers' caught in anti-graft drive

Zhao Shaolin, former secretary-general of the provincial Party committee of east Jiangsu province, was already retired for eight years when he was investigated last year. [Photo/Baidu.com]

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Twelve out of the 63 investigated officials were from organizations and departments of central committee of the Communist Party or central government. Five of them were senior military officers and three were senior executives of State-owned enterprises. The rest 43 were from 23 provinces.

CPPCC leaders at national and provincial levels were the most "dangerous posts" as two vice chairmen of CPPCC National Committee and 11 chairmen and vice chairmen of CPPCC provincial Committees were probed.

Retired officials were no longer safe anymore as six senior retied officials were also investigated; among them Zhou Yongkang and Xu Caihou.

Zhao Shaolin, former secretary-general of the provincial Party committee of east Jiangsu province, was already retired for eight years when he was investigated last year.

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Shanxi province is the region worst hit by the anti-corruption campaign as 7 out of the 63 tigers were from the area. Sichuan, Jiangxi and Jiangsu province each takes up three.

In only seven regions have officials above vice provincial levels so far evaded graft busters' microscope. They are the Beijing and Shanghai municipalities, Jilin and Fujian provinces and the Tibet, Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang autonomous regions.