Article: China investigated 6,660 government officials for dereliction of duty

China investigated 6,660 government officials for dereliction of duty

BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China has investigated more than 6,660 government officials derelict of their duties for the past 19 months, said deputy Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Wang Zhenchuan Wednesday here.

Wang said at a work conference that Chinese procuratorates at all levels have investigated more than 5,840 cases of duty dereliction involving 6,664 government officials since August 2005, including 218 officials of county and division-level or above.

But he did not disclose the number of government officials convicted of duty dereliction after being investigated.

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