Labor camp mother wins legal battle
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A mother, 40-year-old Tang Hui, put in a labor camp for demanding justice after the rape of her daughter has won her suit against the camp administration, but her request for an apology from the labor camp authority was not supported by the court.
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Tang Hui.[Photo/people.com.cn] |
The Hunan Provincial Higher People's Court ruled during the final hearing that the Yongzhou City labor camp administration should pay the mother, 2,941 yuan (US$490), in compensation, China Central Television reported.
In October 2006, Tang's then 11-year-old daughter was kidnapped, raped and forced into prostitution. She was rescued on Dec. 30, 2006.
She was found to have contracted sexually transmitted diseases during the period. She is studying at a senior high school near the home of a relative with whom she stays during school days.
The girl never speaks to boys in her class and her academic performance is said to vary radically, depending on her emotions.
On June 5, 2012, the Hunan Provincial Higher People's Court sentenced two of the girl's kidnappers to death. Four others were given life sentences and another one received a 15-year prison term.
Tang petitioned for harsher punishments for those found guilty. She was put in a labor camp in Yongzhou for "seriously disturbing social order and exerting a negative impact on society" after protesting in front of local government buildings on Aug. 2, 2012.
She was sentenced to 18 months in the camp, but was released eight days later amid public outcry urging her release.
In January, the Yongzhou re-education through labor commission rejected her demand for state compensation for the time she spent in the camp.
On Jan. 22, Tang filed a lawsuit at the Intermediate People's Court in Yongzhou in which she asked for 2,463.85 yuan in compensation, the same amount specified in her appeal. Her case was heard on January 28, with courtroom proceedings lasting a single day.
On April 12, the court ruled that Tang was not entitled to the compensation she requested.
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