Fight against ecology crime made priority

Restoration major focus as arrests in such cases increase 51.5 percent in 2018

Procuratorates nationwide approved the arrests of 15,000 people suspected of crimes related to damaging the environment and natural resources last year, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Thursday.

Strengthened prosecutions in that category brought an increase in arrests for such crimes of 51.5 percent year-on-year, the nation's top procuratorate said.