Former NEA Official Had 200 Mln Yuan at Home, Graft Fighter Says

(Beijing) – A record amount of cash was found at a home owned by a former National Energy Administration official, the country's top prosecutor's office said on October 31 while announcing the progress of inquiries into corrupt government officials caught this year.

Wei Pengyuan, former vice director of the coal department at the National Energy Administration (NEA), stashed away more than 200 million yuan worth of Chinese and foreign currencies at his residence, said Xu Jinhui, director of the Supreme People's Procuratorate's anti-graft bureau. This is the largest pile of dirty cash found in a single case since the country was established in 1949, Xu said.