New Compensation Law Now in Effect
Published:
2011-01-21
Premier Wen Jiabao signed the new National Compensation Law on January 17. The new law ends the government policy of collecting compensation payments for victims from parties guilty of bribery, embezzlement, corruption and other crimes. The law is now in effect.
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The Beijing News
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