BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- As of October, Chinese procuratorates had initiated public prosecutions against over 114,000 individuals involved in duty-related criminal cases referred by supervision commissions since 2018.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) disclosed the figure at a recent meeting on procuratorial work against duty-related crimes.
A total of 6,751 individuals involved in cases referred by procuratorial investigation organs were indicted during the period, while the illegal income of 163 suspects or defendants of crimes of embezzlement and bribery who had escaped or deceased had been confiscated, the SPP said.
Procuratorates have also initiated public prosecutions against more than 16,000 individuals for offering bribes, as they implemented the arrangements by the Communist Party of China Central Committee on cracking down on both taking and offering bribes, according to the meeting.
China has maintained a tough stance against duty-related crimes, as its courts concluded 24,000 cases of duty-related crimes in 2023, an increase of 19.9 percent year-on-year, according to a Supreme People's Court work report.
The country also launched a cross-border anti-graft operation in March, under which the National Commission of Supervision spearheaded a targeted campaign to combat duty-related crimes, hunt down fugitives who have fled to other countries and retrieve assets they had stolen.
