3657 corruption cases in the first quarter of 2013
PROSECUTORS handled 3,657 corruption cases and 1,481 cases involving dereliction of duty and rights violations during the first quarter of 2013, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced on Saturday.
All these violations had directly infringed upon peoples' interests, according to an SPP statement, which added that 5,102 people as well as a total volume of 540 million yuan (87.5 million U.S. dollars) were involved in the corruption and bribery cases.
The first three months saw 2,054 people found culpable of dereliction of duty or rights violations, including five municipal-level cadres.
The SPP statement said it will continue focussing on such cases that have a direct bearing on people's interests, namely cases in such sectors as food and drug safety, agriculture, education, employment, social security, medicine, housing, the environment, safe production, public security and law enforcement.
A public procurator is an officer of a state charged with both the investigation and prosecution of crime.The Supreme People's Procuratorate is the highest agency at the national level responsible for both prosecution and investigation.
We are referring to the People's Republic of China.