22.91 percent

of the criminals convicted of bribery, embezzlement and dereliction of duty were sentenced to more than five years in prison, given a life term or the death sentence in 2012, Sun Jungong, spokesman for the Supreme People's Court, said at a news conference on Wednesday. The figure was 17.58 percent in 2007. Last year, 38.08 percent of criminals convicted of bribery, embezzlement and dereliction of duty were given punishment without imprisonment, compared with 48.75 percent in 2007.

(China Daily 02/28/2013 page2)