Prosecutors warned in warrant error
Source: Xinhua |
August 9, 2010, Monday
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PROSECUTORS will have to obtain approval at a higher level before ordering arrest warrants for suspects accused of defamation, officials with China's Supreme People's Procuratorate have announced.
The move came just days after police in Suichang County in Zhejiang Province canceled a warrant for Qiu Ziming, a reporter from the Economic Observer News, who was accused of defamation by a publicly-listed company.
The quality of handling criminal cases is the "lifeline" of the work in investigating, supervising and examining police applications to arrest persons implicated in a crime, said the SPP.
"To issue low-quality or even incorrect arrest warrants not only violates people's legitimate rights, but also severely undermines the credibility of prosecuting authorities and tarnishes the image of the Communist Party of China and the government," it said.
Qiu had been wanted by police in Suichang after Zhejiang Kan Specialty Material Co Ltd accused him of reporting fabricated stories.
However, police in Lishui City, which administers Suichang, ordered the county's public security bureau to cancel the warrant for failing to meet statutory requirements.
The move came just days after police in Suichang County in Zhejiang Province canceled a warrant for Qiu Ziming, a reporter from the Economic Observer News, who was accused of defamation by a publicly-listed company.
The quality of handling criminal cases is the "lifeline" of the work in investigating, supervising and examining police applications to arrest persons implicated in a crime, said the SPP.
"To issue low-quality or even incorrect arrest warrants not only violates people's legitimate rights, but also severely undermines the credibility of prosecuting authorities and tarnishes the image of the Communist Party of China and the government," it said.
Qiu had been wanted by police in Suichang after Zhejiang Kan Specialty Material Co Ltd accused him of reporting fabricated stories.
However, police in Lishui City, which administers Suichang, ordered the county's public security bureau to cancel the warrant for failing to meet statutory requirements.
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