Anti-graft statement on the way, official says

A statement on fighting corruption will be included in documents on the outcome of the ongoing APEC meetings, an official said on Thursday.

Alan Bollard, executive director of the APEC Secretariat, said the Beijing Statement on Anti-corruption has been proposed by both China and the United States.

Bollard said at a news briefing that the statement will result in a group being set up that could bring enforcement agencies across the APEC region together and allow them to pass information about particular cases to each other.