Han Zhubin, procurator-general of the Supreme People's
Procuratorate, delivered the Report on the Work of the Supreme
People's Procuratorate at the ongoing First Session of the
10th
National People's Congress (NPC) Tuesday morning. Han reviewed
the work of the Supreme People's Procuratorate in the past five
years and set forth targets and objectives in its future work.
Chinese Procuratorates Crack down on Crimes Threatening State
Security
Chinese procuratorial organs in the last five years gave priority
to cracking down on crimes that posed a threat to state security,
said Han Zhubin
Han said that in the five years, procuratorial organs around the
country approved the arrest of 3,402 criminal suspects and
prosecuted 3,550 on charge of crimes threatening state
security.
The procuratorial organs always give top priority to safeguarding
social stability and striking hard against major criminal
activities such as explosion, murder and arson conducted by
terrorist forces, ethnic separatist forces and religious extremist
forces, said Han.
He
said that the procuratorial organs approved the arrest of and
prosecuted a number of criminal suspects accused of organizingand
utilizing cult organizations like the Falun Gong cult to sabotage
the execution of laws, in strict accordance with relevant
resolutions of the NPC Standing Committee.
In
the past five years, Chinese procuratorates approved the arrest of
a total of 3,601,357 criminal suspects and prosecuted 3,666,142,
Han said.
Chinese Procuratorates Combat Grave Crimes
Chinese procuratorial organs fought sternly against grave crimes
that disrupted social order and undermine the market economic order
over the past five years, said Han Zhubin.
Han said that public prosecutors participated actively in
concentrated or special campaigns to crack down on criminal rings,
gun- and explosive-related crimes, drug-related crimes, and
women-and child-trafficking.
In
the last five years, procuratorial organs cross China approved the
arrest of 411,379 criminal suspects involved in organized crimes of
underworld in nature and other crimes like explosion, murder, rape,
kidnapping and robbery, and prosecuted 410,511, Han said.
The procuratorial organs also played a role in rectifying and
regularizing the market economic order, by punishing smuggling,
financial frauds, tax evasion, dodge of foreign exchange control
and infringement of intellectual property rights, Han said. In the
past five years, they approved the arrest of 116,932 suspects
implicated in these kinds of crimes and prosecuted 106,910.
Procuratorial Organs Actively Fight Against Corruption
Han Zhubin said that China's procuratorial organs are firmly
against corruption and earnestly perform their duty of
investigating functionary crimes.
Over the past five years, a total of 207,103 cases of embezzlement,
bribery and other functionary crimes were investigated, said
Han.
Han said that in the past five years, procuratorial organs around
the country investigated 5,541 cases of embezzlement, bribery, or
misappropriation of public fund (each case involving more than 1
million yuan, or US$121,000), and 12,830 officials at the county
level and above.
A
number of corrupted ranking officials including Cheng Kejie, Hu
Changqing and Li Jizhou were prosecuted according to law, in
addition to 84,395 people from state-owned enterprises involved
inembezzlement, taking bribes, misappropriation or illegal
possession of state-owned properties.
Han said that the procuratorial organs also prosecuted 554
government employees who acted as backing or shield for criminal
gangs and other evil forces. They also investigated 6,440 cases
involving those who corrupted government functionaries with bribes
in pursuit of illegitimate interests.
Statistics show that since 2000, procuratorial and public security
organs have taken joint actions and arrested 5,115 fugitives of
functionary crimes, retrieving economic losses exceeding 22 billion
yuan (US$2.66 billion).
He
said that the Supreme People's Procuratorate has always paid great
attention to the prevention of functionary crimes, and most local
procuratorates have set up special institutions for this
purpose.
Over the past few years, procuratorial organs at all levels have
submitted 27 draft regulations on checking functionary crimes to
local standing committees of the NPC for approval.
Procuratorial Organs Enhance Supervision on Lawsuits
China's procuratorial organs have, in the past five years, stepped
up supervision on detection and judgment of criminal cases, on
prosecution of verdicts as well as on lawsuit proceedings of civil
and administrative cases, Han Zhubin said.
In
the past five years, he noted, the procuratorial organs in China
have supervised and urged police to file up 36,955 cases in
accordance with law, approved the arrest of 50,863 suspects and
lodged lawsuits against 25,297 suspects, who had previously escaped
from the punishment.
Han went on to say that thanks to the enhanced efforts of the
procuratorial organs, 466,357 people proven innocent avoided being
arrested and another 106,715 innocent people were freed from being
sued over the past five years.
The procuratorial organs have lodged disapproval documents
concerning a large number of wrong verdicts or set forth
procuratorial proposals for correction, he acknowledged, thus
safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of relevant
parties.
Meanwhile, the procuratorial organs across China have intensified
their fight against corruption, malpractice of justice and abuse of
power in lawsuit proceedings, and have filed trial against 24,886
staff members of judicial departments, who were suspected of
committing criminal offenses, the procurator-general said.
(China.org.cn March 11, 2003)