Prosecutors strive to recover workers' wages

Procuratorial departments across the country approved the arrest of 1,599 people for refusing to pay wages in 2019, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Thursday.

They also prosecuted 2,609 people in 2,396 cases and supervised public security organs in filing 203 cases, helping workers recover a total of 250 million yuan ($36.3 million) in wages.

The SPP in November issued a document asking procuratorial organs at all levels to intensify the handling of cases in which employers refuse to pay wages and improve the quality and efficiency of handling such cases.