The Chinese Regime ‘Sanitizes’ Court Records
The Chinese regime removed court records from the online government repository amid celebrations of the communist party’s centenary anniversary to maintain a “facade of justice,” says a Chinese law expert. China Judgements Online, an official online database of court rulings, has been taking down large numbers of documents that the website asserted were being “migrated” […]
The Chinese regime removed court records from the online government repository amid celebrations of the communist party’s centenary anniversary to maintain a “facade of justice,” says a Chinese law expert. China Judgements Online, an official online database of court rulings, has been taking down large numbers of documents that the website asserted were being “migrated” for “technical reasons.” Cases concerning punishment for speech, death penalty verdicts, and the reprieve of a death sentence issued by the Supreme People’s Court have been taken offline. The exact number of affected court records has been obscured to the public, but around 11 million have vanished in the past three months, according to The South China Morning Post. A Beijing-based law expert, who gave the surname Zhang, pointed out that there was no legal basis for restricting public access to parts of the online government repository of court records, even temporarily. “The explanation doesn't stand ...
