From Xinhua:
Sixty-two government officials have been accused of protecting criminal gangs in their precincts, according to China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP)….
Police say they have broken up more than 3,000 gangs in the past 14 months, 54 of which were given illicit protection by government officials.
The SPP source said local procurators have set up special working groups to crack down on criminal gangs and to dig out any official sponsors involved. [Full text]
