The status of the private sector should be raised under China’s private economy promotion law, a leading economist said amid widespread disappointment about a draft of the law that is out for public comment until November 8. The introduction of the first basic law regarding the development of the private sector is a “milestone” event, … Read more
The 74 articles in the regulations address the dozen-plus new provisions in the revised state secrets law, which took effect in May. Under the regulations, heads of government departments with the authority to determine state secrets will be responsible for defining them. Those officials are required to draw up a “list of state secrets” within … Read more
Beijing’s former vice-justice minister Liu Zhiqiang, who once served on the committee of Interpol, has been placed under investigation in China, according to the country’s top anti-graft agency on Tuesday. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published a brief statement on its website saying Liu, 60, was “undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation” and was … Read more
SEVEN British terrorists who were convicted alongside al-Qaeda mastermind Dhiren Barot have been released from jail. The men, who were part of a sleeper cell that assisted Barot in planning a series of bomb plots in New York and London, were jailed in 2007 for a combined 136 years. 8 Dhiren Barot was the mastermind … Read more
PERVERT pensioners convicted of historical sex crimes are hiking the population age in jails to record levels. There are now 1,903 inmates aged 70 or over in England and Wales — more than double the number inside ten years ago. 1 The prison population’s average age has been hiked up by older criminals being brought … Read more
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