Illegal detention cases cleared from China's judicial system
( 2004-01-05 21:00) (Xinhua)
All unlawfully prolonged detention cases in China's judicial system have been
dealt with, the Supreme People's Court announced Monday.
By the end of last year, China's courts had reviewed and solved 4,100
unlawfully prolonged detention cases, releasing 7,658 detainees.
China's top judge Xiao Yang urged the courts last year to strictly adhere to
the principle that if criminal suspect was proved innocent, he or she must be
set free immediately.
A referral mechanism for prolonged custody cases has been established whereby
every provincial-level higher people's court must refer unlawfully extended
detention cases that have occurred in its subordinate courts to the Supreme
People's Court every week.
The Supreme People's Court also opened a public hotline to receive
information about unlawfully extended detentions. It required the same of
provincial-level higher people's courts.
In 2003, the Supreme People's Court, the Ministry of Public Security and the
Supreme People's Procuratorate, jointly issued a notice to subordinate bodies
for the review, resolution and prevention of illegally prolonged custody cases
in every investigation and trial.
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