31.   Corrupt officers inflated the figures for personal gain, they said.

32.   Figures have been inflated by an influx of spending by third parties and independent candidates, he said.

33.   Former candidate says voter turnout figures were inflated.

34.   He also said that Wal-Mart does not count store department managers as management, while other retailers might to inflate their figures.

35.   Hong Kong graft fighters named newspaper publisher Sally Aw as a conspirator in an alleged plot to inflate circulation figures for two English-language newspapers she publishes.

36.   Human rights activists have accused officials of inflating the figures to drum up support for overturning the ruling.

37.   Human rights activists accuse the government of inflating the figures and fanning discrimination.

38.   Human rights activists insist the government has inflated the figures to drum up public support to overturn the court ruling.

39.   Meantime, a district court is hearing the case of three Hong Kong Standard executives, who have been charged with plotting to deceive advertisers by inflating circulation figures.

40.   Meanwhile, three executives of the Hong Kong Standard recently are in jail for inflating circulation figures to cheat advertisers.