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Following mass attacks, Chinese judges urged to ensure fairness to maintain stability
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Following mass attacks, Chinese judges urged to ensure fairness to maintain stability

Chinese judges and prosecutors must pay more attention to resolving conflicts and ensuring fairness rather than just closing cases, a senior judicial official said in a rare comment, as authorities consider whether a series of problems. massacres in recent weeks.
Wang Chengguo, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Zhejiang Province, wrote in the official People’s Daily on Tuesday that China justice system must focus on maintaining social stability as its main task.

He said China faced “an increasing number of uncertain and unpredictable factors”, and law enforcement and judicial work served to achieve justice in individual cases and were crucial channels for restoring social relations. and advance social governance.

If authorities focus on the legal process and aim to close cases quickly, ignoring individual justice, or if they mechanically apply laws to simplify cases without solving the real problems, they could “intensify conflicts between the parties involved ”Wang wrote.

He called for solving problems and strengthening governance “at the root” to prevent “various social risks from worsening.”

Wang’s comment is likely a reflection of recent mass incidents, said a political scientist who asked to remain anonymous.