China recalls prisoners serving terms outside jails  

最高檢：247名監外執行人員被收監 副廳級以上18人

截至5月底，全國檢察機關已發現違法減刑、假釋、暫予監外執行案件線索188件，已建議將暫予監外執行條件消失的247名罪犯收監執行，其中副廳級以上職務犯罪罪犯18人。[查看全文]

China has recalled 247 criminals who are serving sentences outside the jail back into prison, as they were found to have not met the requirement for out-of-prison serving any more.

Among them are 18 former officials at or above the level of a deputy department head, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) revealed on Sunday.

Some of these criminals were canceled the remission of serving terms out of prison for they had been found to have gained the serving mode by illegal means, such as offering bribery, according to the top procuratorate.

The SPP said that it uncovered 188 cases involving illegal grant of commutation, parole and serving sentence outside jail from March to the end of May. It is investigating 30 cases concerning duty-related crimes, involving 40 officials in the judical system.