The people’s procuratorates in China are state
organs for legal supervision. Their organization corresponds
to that of the people’s courts. The Procurator-General
of the Supreme People誷 Procuratorate is Han Zhubin.
The people’s procuratorates have the
right to exercise procuratorial authority. They exercise
procuratorial authority over cases seriously endangering
state and public security, and infringing upon
citizens’ personal and democratic rights, and other
important criminal cases; examine the cases scheduled for
investigation by public security organs, and decide on
whether a suspect should be arrested or not, and whether a
case should be prosecuted or exempt from prosecution;
institute and support public prosecution in criminal cases;
and oversee activities in public security organs,
people’s courts, prisons, lockups and
reform-through-labor institutions.
The
people’s procuratorates, as well as the people’s
courts, exercise their own authority, independent of
interference by any administrative organ, social
organization or individual person. All citizens are equal
regarding application of the law.
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