'Sky Net' drive snares more than 14,000

Sixty-two most-wanted fugitives subject to Interpol Red Notices were among them

China has repatriated more than 14,000 fugitives from over 120 countries and regions in the past decade as part of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign, the country's top graft watchdogs said on Thursday.

Among them, 2,999 were members of the Communist Party of China and government officials, and authorities had recovered 66.62 billion yuan ($9.3 billion) in illicit assets by the end of last year, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision.

Additionally, 62 of the 100 most-wanted fugitives subject to Interpol Red Notices have been returned to China, the commissions said.