No damages for wrongful detention
By Jane Chen |
July 16, 2010, Friday
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A FARMER in northwest's China Shaanxi Province has been refused state compensation despite being in police detention for 472 days before he was declared innocent of murder.
Heng Longwen with the Jingyang police explained the rejection was because the murder investigation is not yet over, the Chinese Business View newspaper reported yesterday.
Wu Zhifeng, 49, a farmer in Jingyang County of Xianyang City, told the newspaper that he was caught by Jingyang police on September 29, 2007, while working in his field.
Police suspected him of killing a woman who was found dead in a village well. He was formally arrested on November 8.
In April 2008, Wu was charged with rape at the Xianyang Intermediate People's Court, where he presented proof of his innocence.
The procuratorate dropped the case in December that year and Wu was set free on March 23, 2009, putting an end to his 472-day long detention. In May this year, Wu demanded 80,000-yuan (US$11,814) compensation from the Jingyang police and Jingyang procuratorate office, 50,000 yuan in state compensation and 30,000 yuan for mental anguish.
Heng Longwen with the Jingyang police explained the rejection was because the murder investigation is not yet over, the Chinese Business View newspaper reported yesterday.
Wu Zhifeng, 49, a farmer in Jingyang County of Xianyang City, told the newspaper that he was caught by Jingyang police on September 29, 2007, while working in his field.
Police suspected him of killing a woman who was found dead in a village well. He was formally arrested on November 8.
In April 2008, Wu was charged with rape at the Xianyang Intermediate People's Court, where he presented proof of his innocence.
The procuratorate dropped the case in December that year and Wu was set free on March 23, 2009, putting an end to his 472-day long detention. In May this year, Wu demanded 80,000-yuan (US$11,814) compensation from the Jingyang police and Jingyang procuratorate office, 50,000 yuan in state compensation and 30,000 yuan for mental anguish.
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