Top Prosecutor Stresses Crackdown on Power Abuse (China)
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
China's top prosecutor is warning officials who abuse their authority to undermine public confidence in the government that they will receive no leniency in court. Jia Chunwang, procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) says prosecutors should focus on cases of officials abusing their position and dereliction of duty, especially concerning drug, food, and work safety. "We should always put the people's interests first," Jia says, calling on local procurator-generals to directly lead or supervise major dereliction of duty cases to ensure they are handled properly. The SPP planned to amend the criteria for "major" cases of power abuse or dereliction of duty to ensure guilty officials were punished accordingly. Chinese prosecutors investigated 1,383 serious accidents in the workplace last year, but only 629 government employees were prosecuted and only 249 were punished. Of the 249 officials, only nine were jailed. (Click here for more - May Require Free Registration