Senior Chinese leader urges enhanced supervision of investigators

Senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang Friday urged increased supervision of police investigations and the reform of the penal system.

Zhou, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks while attending a plenary meeting of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee in Beijing.

Representatives of the Supreme People's Procuratorate reported to the meeting on their work to strengthen supervision on the use of investigative measures such as search, detention and freezing the suspect's asset by law-enforcement officers.

Officials from the Supreme People's Court (SPC) also reported the progress made in a pilot program which intends to help courts at local levels to be more transparent and fair while meting out penalties.

Zhou said these were vital to the building of a just and clean law-enforcement system and must be carefully implemented.


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