China News Service, Beijing, February 2 (Reporter Zhang Su) Shi Weizhong, deputy ministerial-level member of the Procuratorial Committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China and director of the Third Procuratorate, revealed in an interview on the 2nd that in the first 11 months of last year, the procuratorial organs conducted 24 The former central management cadre filed a public prosecution.
From January to November 2023, procuratorial organs across the country accepted and prosecuted more than 23,000 people for duty-related crimes, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%; more than 16,000 people have been prosecuted, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%. The data reflects that the procuratorial organs perform their functions of punishing corruption crimes in accordance with the law and actively participate in the rectification of corruption issues in key areas and industries.
Shi Weizhong focused on punishing bribery crimes in accordance with the law. From January to November 2023, the procuratorate prosecuted a total of 2,306 people for bribery crimes, a year-on-year increase of 18.1%. At the same time, the procuratorate continues to make efforts to accurately punish related crimes in accordance with the law. In the first 11 months of last year, nearly 500 people were prosecuted for job-related crimes in the medical system and more than 300 people were prosecuted for job-related crimes in the financial field.
"Official crimes in the financial field present three obvious characteristics, namely, the corruption problem is still complex and serious, and governance efforts should continue to be strengthened; corruption, bribery and dereliction of duty crimes are intertwined, causing particularly heavy losses to national interests; management positions have high integrity risks, and employees are subject to legal Apathy." Shi Weizhong said that for this reason, while handling a number of major job-related crime cases in the financial field, such as the Wang Bin case, Tian Huiyu case, Fan Yifei case, Liu Liange case, Li Xiaopeng case, and Zhou Qingyu case, the procuratorate also strengthened new hidden corruption crimes. Review of case evidence and research on legal application.
In order to promote the prevention of corruption crimes across the entire chain, relevant departments have issued documents to further clarify the "one case, double investigation" mechanism for corruption, bribery and money laundering crimes. Data show that in the first 11 months of last year, the procuratorate prosecuted more than 600 people in 590 cases of money laundering where the predicate crime was corruption and bribery, a year-on-year increase of 31.1% and 31.5% respectively.
In addition, when it comes to anti-corruption, fugitive recovery and cross-border corruption management, Shi Weizhong gave the example of the Supreme People's Procuratorate guiding the Guangdong Procuratorate to handle the case of Xu Guojun, the former president of the Kaiping Branch of the Bank of China who fled the country for 20 years and was deported to China, and guided the Guangzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate for the first time Xi Zhengbing and Zhou Zhonghe will be held criminally responsible for bribery of foreign public officials in accordance with the law, and Qu Jianling, the first "red notice person" to be brought to justice after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, will be prosecuted in accordance with the law for suspected misappropriation of public funds and corruption. (over)