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WU NAN

One day after scoring a legal victory against labour camp authorities in Hunan who wrongfully detained her for being outspoken in the wake of her young daughter's abduction and rape, Tang Hui travelled to Beijing yesterday and celebrated with friends and lawyers.
She said she plans to help her daughter seek further medical treatment in America in about six months, with help from private donors.

	I foresee a lot of hope for the future. I'm working on the America trip

	Tang Hui
"I foresee a lot of hope for the future," Tang Hui told the South China Morning Post. "I'm working on the America trip."
The slim 40-year-old fought a long and gruelling campaign demanding compensation from Yongzhou city authorities in Hunan.
They sentenced her in August to 18 months of re-education through labour because she petitioned aggressively for harsher sentences for the seven people, including two police officers, who raped and forced her then 11-year-old daughter into prostitution in 2006.
Tang was released from the camp after nine days, amid a public outcry.
On Monday, the provincial high court awarded Tang 2,941 yuan (HK$3,691) compensation - 1,941 yuan for the loss of her freedom and the rest for psychological damage. Tang's daughter, now 17, was diagnosed with herpes, an incurable sexually transmitted disease, after being forced to work for two months in an underground brothel. She is also still coping with psychological trauma and is under the care of a relative at a boarding school far from home.
"My biggest wish is to go somewhere with my family and start a new life," Tang said, "but I have to wait until the criminals are executed, or they might harm other innocent people."
In June last year, her daughter's two main kidnappers were sentenced to death, four accomplices received life sentences and one was jailed for 15 years.
Tang said she would not give up her "right to protest" until the executions. "I'm hoping they are this year," she said. "I've been waiting too long."
Tang's case is being hailed as a landmark case that could help put an end to the controversial labour camp system that has been in effect for more than half a century, according to civil rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang . "The arbitrary, illegal and cruel system is outdated," Pu said.
On January 7, Meng Jianzhu , secretary of the party's Central Politics and Law Commission, announced the central government would consult the National People's Congress this year about putting a stop to the labour camp system.


Care in US next for rape victim after mother Tang Hui's court win

Tang Hui stands outside a court in Changsha, Hunan province, on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Rape victim's mother Tang Hui wins damages over labour camp sentence

Tang Hui and her lawyer in court, where they heard the judges award her damages. Photo: AFP

Tang Hui expressing her relief to the media. “I just want to return to life as an ordinary person.” Photo: Xinhua

Tang Hui in Changsha, Hunan province, on July 1. Photo: AFP

Rape victim's petitioning mother Tang Hui wins court review

Tang Hui

Petition mother Tang Hui clears hurdle in court appeal over labour camp imprisonment

Tang Hui in Changsha, Hunan province last month. Photo: AFP

'Petition mother' Tang Hui's determined fight for justice over daughter's rape

Tang Hui, mother of an 11-year-old rape victim, has fought a lonely and difficult campaign for compensation. Photo: SCMP

Tang remains steadfast in her fight to win compensation for herself and justice for her daughter. Photo: Xinhua

Tang spent nine days in a re-education-through-labour camp, after petitioning in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

The public rallied behind Tang. Photo: SCMP

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Tang Hui confirms plan to seek treatment for daughter, and wants to start new life elsewhere


One day after scoring a legal victory against labour camp authorities in Hunan who wrongfully detained her for being outspoken in the wake of her young daughter's abduction and rape, Tang Hui travelled to Beijing yesterday and celebrated with friends and lawyers.
