Election officials are required to notify those voters and give them an opportunity to fix the error.

To get a check, Americans were required to make less than $75,000 per year or under $150,000 as a household.

The UN letter also notes reports of detentions and use of force on hundreds of protesters, stating they were "severely beaten by the Chinese police, resulting in injuries that required hospitalisation".

Its poor structural condition was exposed in 2012 when bits of its elaborate cornice began falling off after an especially harsh winter which required a multi-million euro renovation the following year.

Under the terms of the proposed settlement, Grubhub will be required to implement sweeping changes to its operations.