About 20,000 prosecuted for committing sexual crimes against juveniles in first 11 months of 2019: SPP

BEIJING -- Chinese procurators prosecuted around 20,000 individuals in the first 11 months of 2019 for committing sexual crimes against juveniles, such as rape and obscenity, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

During the same period, procurators approved the arrests of about 44,100 suspects for committing crimes against juveniles and prosecuted 56,700 for such crimes, a year-on-year increase of 20.06 percent and 26.48 percent respectively, said Shi Weizhong, a procurator with the SPP.

Last year, procurators also supported the filing of 216 lawsuits on crimes committed by custodians against juveniles, and the filing of 142 lawsuits on severe lack of guardianship that violated the rights and interests of juveniles, Shi stated.

This year, procuratorates will establish a special mechanism for handling criminal cases against juveniles and make proposals for decision-making based on the analysis of such cases, he added.