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China prosecutes 30,788 government officials in 2004

BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese procuratorates at various levels investigated 43,757 government officials for job-related crimes last year, said Jia Chunwang, procurator-general of China's Supreme People's Court, here on Wednesday.

Among the investigated government employees, 35,031 involved in crimes concerning corruption, bribe-taking and embezzlement of public funds, and 8,726 probed for dereliction of duties and abuse of power.

The procuratorates prosecuted 30,788 people involving economic crimes and retrieved about 4 .56 billion yuan (555 million US dollars) in direct economic losses.

Jia said in his report that intensified ...

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