Right to Silence

16 Apr 2012

In 2005, after She Xianglin had spent over 11 years in a mainland prison for the alleged murder of his wife in Hubei , the woman was discovered still alive, and living with a new husband in...

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Citizens are still a long way from enjoying true justice

5 Jan 2012

With only meagre improvements in the second draft of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law, it appears the mainland's criminal justice system is still a long way from placing citizens' rights...

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Review sought over car driver ruling

15 May 2008

The Justice Department yesterday sought a review of a magistrate's ruling that backed a person's right to silence in relation to traffic offences.

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Change present primitive system

23 Dec 1994

MS Christine Loh's confusion (South China Morning Post, December 19) over the 'new' police caution to suspects in the UK, stems from a fundamental misunderstanding, common even amongst lawyers,...

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We must keep our right to silence

19 Dec 1994

MOST of us, as law abiding citizens, have never been arrested. But many of us know that there is a right to remain silent.

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