China to intensify fight against illegally-prolonged custody
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-02 17:34
Zhang attributed the drop to the stringent regulation which said officers who
unlawfully prolonged a suspect's custody should be given criminal penalty.
Illegally-prolonged custody, however, remains a headache in he country's law
enforcement sector. In some areas, the number of law enforcers could not meet
the actual demands, causing cases that could not be investigated and tried on
time and finally extended criminal suspect's custody term.
In addition, some cases were too complicated to finish investigation within
the suspect's custody term.
Zhang said although the number of illegally-extended detention cases has
dropped to a record low, a long-term prevention system is still required to
prevent such cases in the future.
The SPP has already drafted a regulation on the prevention and redressing of
illegally-prolonged detention. It is expected to be publicized by the end of
this year after further discussion with the Supreme People's Court and the
Ministry of Public Security.
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