Posted on 03/10/2005 3:03:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
Tibetan monks, Xinjiang Muslims, but also non violent dissidents, farmers and members of underground religious communities are among those arrested. Youth crime climbs by 19.1 per cent.
Beijing (AsiaNews/SCMP) – China’s courts were not idle in 2004. More than 800,000 people were arrested last year for endangering state security or for being involved in activities regarded as separatist, terrorist or extremist. In total, 811,102 people were held, an 8.3 per cent increase from 2003. The courts last year prosecuted 867,186 people in connection with those crimes.
In his annual report to the National People’s Congress (NPC), Jia Chunwang, head of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said that security situation in 2004 was “grave” requiring continuous efforts to crackdown on criminal activities.
“[We were] resolute in smashing crimes which endanger state security and those criminal activities carried out by separatists, religious extremists and violent terrorists,” Mr Jia told NPC members.
Endangering state security is a term China’s communist leaders use to detain people who oppose their rule and ideological control, including peaceful dissidents.
Thousands of dissidents are jailed every year for allegedly endangering state security by engaging in pro-democracy activities or publishing essays on the internet that are seen as subversive.
Tibetan monks and Xinjiang Muslims in northwest China who advocate independence are often targeted by Chinese authorities as terrorists, separatists or religious extremists.
Clergymen and laity from underground Christian communities are also arrested for “endangering public order”.
Opposition to China's communist leadership is growing though, as a stark lack of economic opportunities among the country's 800 million rural dwellers becomes increasingly evident, raising fears of social unrest and turmoil.
In his speech to the NPC on Saturday, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said dealing with simmering unrest was a key priority of his government this year, acknowledging the country faced “glaring” social problems.
The Supreme People’s Procuratorate also released data for corruption within the party. Courts heard 24,184 cases concerning officials last year, 5.2 per cent more than in 2003. Six ministerial-level officials and 772 officials above the county level were convicted of abusing power, bribery and embezzling public funds. The investigations helped recover 4.56 billion yuan (€ 456 million, US$ 600 million) of state funds.
The Chinese courts heard 644,248 criminal cases, with 767,951 people sentenced, up 1.5 per cent and 2.8 per cent respectively from 2003.
Criminal cases involving juveniles rose 19.1 per cent, with 70,086 young people sentenced.
One of the areas to be highlighted by Mr Jia is the investigation into fake products. About 2,500 people were arrested and 2,124 charged with selling and producing fake milk powder, fake wine, fake medicine, fake fertiliser and fake pesticide last year, up 56 per cent from 2003.
Anybody know what the conviction rate is in China?
“glaring” social problems
Now there's an understatement!
It's OK as long as they don't make them wear panties on their heads.
Are CAIR and the ACLU involved yet??
I dunno but you've seen the terrible, graphic color photographs first put up on FR on 28 February 2005, showing the execution of Tibetans against a mud wall, by automatic rifle wielding PLA soldiers? Near point blank range. Those were some of the most horrendous, grossest pictures I've ever seen on an FR thread. The discussion that followed was very interesting.
Maybe China could export their criminals to our jails here to help our trade deficit dollars. We have a lot of experience building jails. We could even teach them a trade so that when they go back to China, they will have a job producing things for America.
CONVICTION? We don't need no stinkin' Conviction!!
that photo last week of the chicoms shooting the tibetan woman, and the next photo of her with 1/2 a head made me sick.
(Warning, don't see right before, during or right after eating).....
So where are Amnesty International, the UN and the dozen or so humanitarian organizations, which are having fit, if we hurt a hair on the head of a terrorist, but ignore, when totalitarian regimes arrest and worse innocent non-violent people?
They are propbaly making shoes in a prison camp, which we should all buy in the name of free trade and comparative advantage.
Should rub Bent Bills face in it.
Fascinating article. I'll comment more after I get back from WalMart.
Sounds like the USA's record on non-violent drug offenders.
Have you shot a Redcomm chinese official in the mainland today?
I believe murder, rape, extortion, embezzlement (large amounts), and subversion of the gubmint are pretty much tickets to join the involuntary organ donor program.
Quick, buy more at china mart. It will build the chinese a middle class. and they will overthrow their gov't and then buy ton's of stuff from us.
50 years from now:
Quick, buy more at china mart. It will build the chinese a middle class. and they will overthrow their gov't and then buy ton's of stuff from us.
100 years from now:
Quick, buy more at china mart. It will build the chinese a middle class. and they will overthrow their gov't and then buy ton's of stuff from us.
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