Xinhua News, 2009-04-01
In a case highlighting contradictions in China's overlapping criminal justice systems, a Lishui (Zhenjiang Province) civil servant has sued a Hangzhou police station, requesting that the station invalidate its administrative punishment decision against him and publicly apologize. The man was detained by police during a vice operation at a massage parlor and accused of purchasing sexual services. He claims he was then induced to sign a confession with the promise he would be immediately released with only a 500 yuan fine. Instead, police sentenced the man to10 days of administrative detention without a trial. After release, the Lishui Communist Party's Discipline and Inspection Committee took action against him. Court arguments in the civil suit focused on the police's lack of material evidence (no “condom or whoring money”) and the courtroom and written testimony of the discovering officer and alleged prostitute. The court has yet to release a judgement.
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