Beijing – An official from the country's top prosecutor said China continues to fight corruption, with more than 23,000 people being prosecuted for tax-related crimes, a year-on-year increase of 33.9%.
During this period, the Supreme People accepted the case of 45 officials and directed local prosecutors to point out 42 of them, including 30 people working in provincial positions, in the allegations related to duty. In a duty crime.
Among them, Sun Zhigang, a former head of Jizhou Province, was charged with bribery in May and was eventually sentenced to death on the charge of a two-year bribery worth more than 813 million yuan (US$113.9 million).
Zhang revealed that in the first 11 months of last year, China also strengthened corruption efforts in finance, state-owned enterprises, energy and infrastructure construction, all showing year-on-year growth.
In addition, due to ongoing efforts to conduct Sky Network, an anti-corruption campaign dedicated to pursuing fugitives and searching for unjust gains, Chinese prosecutors approved the arrest of 21 corrupt people who fled overseas as of December 15, 2024 Officials. open.
He added that 12 of them were prosecuted for crimes related to obligations, including listed as red notice fugitives.
