China’s top prosecutor arrested or prosecuted more than 2.4 million people last year on the grounds of national security

Ying Yong, Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and Zhang Jun, President of the Supreme People's Court of China, issued work reports at the "Two Sessions" on March 8 , respectively presenting data to support the work performance of the two courts in 2023 . Among them, Ying Yong pointed out that the Supreme People’s Procuratorate arrested or prosecuted more than 2.4 million people last year on the grounds of national security.

Our reporter searched the Internet and saw that Deng Yuwen, an independent scholar and political commentator living in the United States, commented on this on Twitter Zhang Jun issued a work report at the " Two Sessions " on March 8. In it, Ying Yong pointed out that the Supreme People's Procuratorate arrested or prosecuted more than 2.4 million people on the grounds of national security last year. If you don't say you don't know, it will scare people a lot. Jump. Telling national secrets as political achievements."

Another netizen said on Twitter that it felt a bit like the West Factory in the late Ming Dynasty arresting innocent people indiscriminately; another netizen said that arresting people is the CCP’s best job!

International media quoted observers as saying that part of the two men's reports just exposed China's oppression of human rights and the increasingly deteriorating legal environment. As Beijing intensifies its efforts to maintain stability and social surveillance, the actual number of “black jails” in China may be countless.

In addition, Ying Yong's Supreme People's Procuratorate work report has attracted international attention in the following aspects, including maintaining national security and social stability, approving the arrest of 726,000 criminal suspects of various types, and prosecuting 1.688 million people. Perform anti-corruption prosecutorial duties. 20,000 people were referred for duty-related crimes by supervisory committees at all levels , and 18,000 people were prosecuted , including 25 former provincial and ministerial level cadres . 2,593 people were prosecuted for bribery crimes , a year-on-year increase of 18.9% .

Aspects of Zhang Jun's Supreme People's Court work report that attracted international attention include: 24,000 cases of official crimes such as corruption and bribery were concluded, with a total of 27,000 cases , a year-on-year increase of 19.9% . We supported private enterprises in anti-corruption and "fighting insiders", and concluded more than 6,700 cases of bribery and job embezzlement by non-state staff, involving more than 8,100 people, a year-on-year increase of 26.6% .