Beijing, June 22 (IANS) A total of 151,890 Chinese public servants were punished last year for corruption, the China Daily reported Wednesday.

 
 It said that Chinese discipline inspection commissions investigated 139,621 corruption-related cases in 2010.
 
 A total of 146,517 people were given disciplinary punishments and 5,373 transferred to judicial agencies for criminal proceedings.
 
 According to Wu Yuliang, a Communist Party of China official, special attention was paid to embezzlement and bribery by officials, breach of discipline and violation of laws in key areas, and abuse of power.