Chinese prosecution organizations are to organize inspections of
local-level subordinate agencies to root out corruption, says the
Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).
Inspections within procuratorial organs had been effective in
eradicating power abuse, said Shi Shenglong, chief delegate of the
Communist Party of China's (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline
Inspection (CCDI) to the SPP.
The SPP has sent inspection groups to 13 provincial
procuratorates, and 21 provincial procuratorates have sent
inspectors to 206 procuratorates at prefectural level.
Meanwhile, more inspection groups would be sent to
procuratorates at grassroots levels, according to the SPP.
Initiated in 1996, the inspection system has been developed with
the aim of intensifying Party supervision and promoting clean
government.
CCDI inspectors have unearthed high-profile cases of corruption,
including that of former Shanghai Party chief Chen Liangyu.
China's top prosecutor has warned officials who abuse their
authority to undermine public confidence in the government that
they would receive no leniency in court.
Shi said the SPP would also establish an internal
anti-corruption system to focus on detecting corruption of senior
procuratorial officials and prosecutors who abuse their authority
for personal gain.
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(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2007)