SPP guards against judicial corruption in commutation  

最高檢：原廳局級(jí)以上職務(wù)犯罪罪犯減刑需備案審查

高人民檢察院日前制定印發(fā)了《最高人民檢察院關(guān)于對(duì)職務(wù)犯罪罪犯減刑、假釋、暫予監(jiān)外執(zhí)行案件實(shí)行備案審查的規(guī)定》，明確要求對(duì)原廳局級(jí)以上職務(wù)犯罪罪犯減刑、假釋、暫予監(jiān)外執(zhí)行的案件，人民檢察院應(yīng)當(dāng)在收到減刑、假釋裁定書或者暫予監(jiān)外執(zhí)行決定書后十日以內(nèi)，逐案層報(bào)最高人民檢察院備案審查。 [查看全文]

China's prosecuting organs have been urged to guard against prisoners seeking early release through bribery or on the pretext of poor health.

At a Tuesday meeting, Li Rulin, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), urged prosecutors to focus on handling occupational crimes and called for effective measures to supervise key judicial procedures.

According to Li, prosecutors should stay on high alert when dealing with commutation, parole and serving a sentence outside jail for medical reasons, especially in cases concerning former high-level officials and having huge social impact.

The call followed an instructive document released in February by the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee that urged a crackdown on judicial corruption following a number of convicts bribing their way out of jail.

In one high-profile case, Zhang Hai, former board chairman of Jianlibao Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese beverage giant, used illegal means, including bribing prison and justice officials, to have his sentence cut by five years in a second court trial and had his jail term further reduced by more than four years while he was serving the sentence.