Courts to adopt more use of social media
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More court cases, especially corruption trials, will make increased use of social media, a spokesman for the Supreme People’s Court said yesterday.
The use of microblogs will become a common practice for Chinese courts, Sun Jungong said when he was asked if the trial of Bo Xilai had set a precedent.
Bo, the 64-year-old former Party secretary in Chongqing and a former member of the Political Bureau, was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The Jinan Intermediate People’s Court posted live reports from his trial on its Weibo microblog.
“We will consider different situations of different cases and try to find the best way to keep the public informed,” said Sun at a briefing with reporters and citizens invited to visit the court.
To promote judicial transparency, courts will use both traditional and new media to publish trial information whenever convenient, he said.
“A courtroom cannot hold every citizen who wants to hear a trial. Through new media like microblogs and WeChat, we can all observe without being present. If someone does not have time to follow the live updates, our video documents will be available online indefinitely,” Sun said.
Last month, the court opened official accounts on Sina Weibo and WeChat, two leading social networking platforms. It currently has around 240,000 followers on Weibo.
Last week, the court broadcast an appeal case on monopolies and unfair practices between Internet giants Qihoo 360 and Tencent via TV, radio and microblog.
Yesteday marked the anniversary of the adoption of the current Constitution in 1982, a few years after the end of the “cultural revolution” (1966-76) when lawless governance almost crippled the country.
The group of citizens and journalists had been invited to observe a hearing in the Qihoo 360-Tencent case and witness an oath-taking ceremony.
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