Facts and figures: China's procuratorial work in 2006
The following are the major facts and figures revealed in the report on
China's procuratorial work in 2006 delivered by Jia Chunwang, procurator-general
of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate, to the Fifth Session of the Tenth
National People's Congress, here on Tuesday:
-- In 2006 Chinese procuratorial organs approved the arrests of a total of
891,620 suspects for a variety of crimes, and prosecuted 999,086 people.
-- The procuratorial organs issued a total of 18,446 arrest warrants to
people suspected of involving in mafia-like criminal cliques, with 8,343
prosecuted.
-- The procuratorial organs approved the arrests of 3,729
people suspected of intellectual property rights violation, and prosecuted
3,634, up 16.7 percent and 12.6 percent respectively, from a year earlier.
-- The procuratorial organs approved the arrests of 7,974 people
suspected of damaging the environment and resources, and prosecuted 12,240, up
15.4 percent and 24.8 percent.
-- A total of 40,041 government employees
were probed by prosecutors in 2006 for corruption, bribery and dereliction of
duty, of whom 29,966 were brought to court.
-- The procuratorial organs
investigated a total of 18,241 key job-related criminal cases, 623 of them each
involving graft and bribery of more than 1 million yuan (US$128,000).
--
Chinese prosecutors investigated 2,736 government officials above the county
level, including 202 at the prefecture level and six at the provincial or
ministerial level.
-- A total of 9,582 commercial bribery cases
involving government employees were investigated, involving more than 1.5
billion yuan.
-- The procuratorial organs corrected cases of illegally
prolonged detention involving 233 people, and lodged 3,161 protests against
wrong criminal verdicts of the court.
-- A total of 2,987 judicial
workers were probed for power abuse and taking bribery.
-- The procuratorial organs handled
a total of 477,596 petitions submitted through letters and visits from the
general public in 2006.