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Chinese Cities Testing Labor Camp Reform
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 14:52
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It's a penal system that requires no courts. Instead, China's police can send someone to a labor camp for up to four years with no judicial process. There, individuals usually end up as slave labor, making dirt-cheap goods for China's export economy. Now, after recent uproar against China's “re-education through labor” (laojiao) system, authorities are taking another look. On Monday, state-run China National Radio reported that four cities across the country are testing a system to replace labor camps. It's called “education and correction of violations.” It's being rolled out in Gansu, Shandong, Jiangsu and Henaan provinces. Beijing News quoted a law professor involved in designing the trial as saying the system would be, quote, ” smaller scale with more reasonable procedures”, than the current system. But what will specifically change is unclear. Authorities will continue to focus on “educating” and re-assimilating back to society those individuals who have broken the law. And administration of the trial system will still remain with the Public Security Bureau. Beijing-based human rights lawyer Tang Jitian believes the new measures don't address the problems of the current labor camp system. [Tang Jitian, Beijing-based Human Rights Lawyer] “Fundamentally, this system—which is like a malignant tumor in the legal system—should be completely removed. It should not just be given some conservative treatment.” Earlier this month, several Chinese lawyers launched an online …
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