China's most-wanted woman official deported from US

One of China's most-wanted fugitives suspected of bribery was brought home today from the US where she had fled to in 2002, as the country's anti-graft authority called on other offenders hiding abroad to give themselves up.
Huang Yurong, 64, former party chief of Henan Provincial Highway Administration, surrendered herself to the police and returned voluntarily after being persuaded by Chinese authorities, Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said.
Law enforcement officials from China and the US collaborated on the investigation in Huang's case starting from the end of 2014, it said in a statement.

China launched a "Sky Net" campaign in April to bring back 100 suspects accused of economic offences who fled to abroad.
After years on the run, Huang believes that her decision to return to China was right, promising to cooperate with the judicial departments in her case, said the statement.
The anti-graft authority urged fugitives abroad to give themselves up to the police as soon as possible, vowing a strong resolve to fight against corruption in the next year.

CCDI also said a total of 138,867 officials had been punished for violating austerity rules since late 2012.
The CPC central leadership headed by Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a frugality campaign in December 2012, adopting an "eight-point rules" to improve the Party's and government officials' work style.

Seven provincial and ministerial level officials were among the punished in 104,934 violation cases in the past three years, about a fifth of which involved private use of vehicles for public services, the CCDI said.
Lavish weddings and funerals, public money spending on dining and traveling as well as illicit gifts giving and receiving were included in those violations, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
CCDI data showed that 24,521 violations involving 30,420 officials were reported in 2013. A total of 71,748 violators in 53,085 cases were disciplined in 2014.