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Criminal Law

SPC, SPP, MPS opinion on drunk driving 0 (0)

2013/12/30 China Law Translate 0

Drunk driving is a crime, not just an administrative violation, and penalties can be harsh. Thinking of quickly drinking a lot of Baijiu after you got pulled over, so that the cops can’t determine if you were drunk when you were actually driving? Think again- this interpretation actually addresses that situation.

Criminal Law

Interpretation on Several Issues Regarding the Applicable Law in Cases of Using Information Networks to Commit Defamation and Other Such Crimes 0 (0)

2013/09/10 China Law Translate 7

When does speech become a crime? Does it matter if one ‘speaks’ across the internet instead of the mails? How about a telephone?
The SPC and SPP issued this interpretation to try and clarify some of these issues, and the results may surprise you. Be Careful what you say on your information networks, it might be well be defamation, provocation or blackmail.

Legal News

Deputy Chief Prosecutor of SPP, Zhu Xiaoqing response on Wrongful Convictions 0 (0)

2013/07/15 China Law Translate 0

The SPC’s Executive Vice-president, Shen Deyong, made waves saying that for the sake preventing wrongful convictions , it would be better to let an guilty man walk than have an innocent man be punished. The SPP’s Deputy-Chief, Zhu Xiaoqing says not on his watch, citing the unrealistic pressures this would put on police and prosecutors, and the unintended ways it would impact their behavior.