China News Service, Beijing, August 28 (Zhang Suxu Ridan) Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, Chinese prosecutors have handled cases involving the epidemic in strict accordance with the law. In the first seven months of this year, the procuratorial organs approved the arrest of 5,797 criminals involved in the epidemic and prosecuted 6,755 people.
The reporter learned the above-mentioned data from the national procuratorial organs on the 27th. The person in charge of the Supreme Procuratorate stated that during the epidemic prevention and control period, the procuratorial organs strictly grasped the laws and policies from the beginning, and made efforts to prevent and correct the “heavy”, “strict” and “fast” actions of breaking the law.
However, in cases where the concealment of residence history and other causes of virus transmission or risk of transmission, the Supreme Prosecutor believes that it cannot be strict and strict, and proposes to activate Article 330 of the Criminal Law for the crime of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases. The minimum sentence is three years imprisonment or criminal detention, which is accepted. .
Facing the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development, the procuratorial organs also regard the service guarantee "six stability" and "six guarantees" as an important mission for procuratorial work. The data also reflects the work done by the prosecutor in the first 7 months of this year:
——In order to complete the final battle of the special fight against gangsters, the prosecution approved a total of 3,622 crimes involving gangs and 9488 people and prosecuted 6,506 cases of 45,79 people during this period. Among them, the Supreme People's Procuratorate implemented the "Six Clearances" action measures of the National Anti-gang Office, and supervised 41 listed cases;
——Fighting the three tough battles for service, the prosecution has implemented existing measures with greater efforts and made new deployments. For example, the procuratorial agency insisted that judicial assistance be used to the fullest in accordance with the law. From January to July this year, a total of RMB 24.37 million was granted to 1948 families who were victims of poverty and returned to poverty, up 16.2% and 23.4% year-on-year; For example, focusing on preventing and resolving major risks, procuratorial organs prosecuted 23,346 people for financial fraud and undermining financial management order, an increase of 22% year-on-year, and specifically deployed to increase the punishment of money laundering crimes;
——In order to support the healthy development of the private economy, the prosecution insisted on protecting the rights and interests of enterprises in accordance with the law and promoting law-abiding and compliant operations, and cautiously arrested and prosecuted the persons in charge of the private enterprises involved in the case. Among them, the Supreme Procurator followed up and supervised 1,506 cases involving private enterprises;
——In order to handle the duty crime cases, the prosecution accepted 8,859 people transferred by the supervisory committee for duty crimes, and 7,954 people have been prosecuted; 397 people were not prosecuted, and 3,020 people were returned for supplementary investigation. The rate of return and compensation decreased by 4.3 percentage points year-on-year.
The person in charge of the Supreme Procurator also stated that the prosecution continued to implement the guiding policies in particular for corporate-related cases: those who have been asked for bribes and did not seek illegitimate benefits will not be dealt with in accordance with the law, and those suspected of bribery due to normal business activities will actively cooperate with investigations and plead guilty. If it is, it shall be treated with leniency according to law. (Finish)