Dereliction of duty in spotlight

Procuratorial departments will next month launch a nationwide campaign to combat dereliction of duty, specifically in areas concerned with energy and resources, and the environment, a top judge said yesterday.

"Endangering energy and resources, and the environment is serious in spite of the country making progress in economic and social development in the past 30 years," Wang Zhenchuan, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, told a press conference in Beijing.

In some areas, economic projects are planned at the expense of energy and resources, and the environment. State laws are ignored, he said.