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BEIJING, May 31 -- Evidence obtained illegally - such as through torture during interrogation - cannot be used in testimony, particularly in cases involving the death penalty, according to two regulations issued on Sunday.A death sentence should be pronounced only with sufficient evidence acquired through legal means, stipulate the two regulations: One on evidence review in death sentence cases, and the other on excluding illegal evidence in criminal cases.Jointly issued by the top court, the top procuratorate, the ministries of public security, state security and justice, they are the first specific rules on collection of evidence and review in criminal cases.The first regulation sets out principles and rules for scrutinizing and gauging evidence in cases involving the death penalty, and the other sets out detailed procedure for examining evidence and for excluding evidence obtained illegally.They are expected to cut down on death sentences and reduce forced confessions, experts said.The regulations make it clear that evidence with unclear origin, confessions obtained through torture, or testimony obtained through violence and intimidation are invalid, particularly in death sentences."Not a single mistake is allowed in fact finding and collection of evidence in cases involving the death sentence," said a written Q&A released by the five central departments on Sunday.The new regulations define illegal evidence and include specific procedures on how to exclude such evidence.Lu Guanglun, a senior judge at the Supreme People's Court, said such details do not exist in the Criminal Procedure Law and its judicial interpretations."This is the first time that a systematic and clear regulation tells law enforcers that evidence obtained through illegal means is not only illegal but also useless," said Zhao Bingzhi, dean of the law school at Beijing Normal University."Previously we could only infer from abstract laws that illegal evidence is not allowed. But in reality, in many cases, such evidence was considered valid," he said."This is big progress, both for the legal system and for better protection of human rights," he said. "It will help reduce the number of executions".Zhao said the new rules will also help change the mindset of law enforcers and reduce torture in interrogation, one of the causes of wrongful sentences.Ever since the top court started reviewing all death sentences in 2007, the overall quality of handling criminal cases has improved, but a lot of problems still remain, the joint Q&A said.In 2008, the top court announced that about 15 percent of death sentence verdicts by lower courts in 2007 were found to have faults.On May 20, Zhou Yongkang, secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Political and Legislative Committee, said at a meeting that "the criminal legal system should be perfected and law enforcers should improve their capability to ensure that every case handled can stand the test of law and time". Lu at the top court said the new rules will help prevent wrongful convictions like the one in which an innocent villager in Henan province was wrongly prosecuted.The case of Zhao Zuohai, who stayed behind bars for 11 years until the man he allegedly murdered turned up alive on April 30, has attracted national attention and triggered public criticism of judicial officers after Zhao said he was tortured by local police to confess.Three former police officers have been arrested for allegedly torturing Zhao."Such cases seriously undermine the image of China's justice system and people's trust in the government," said Bian Jianlin, a law professor at China University of Political Science and Law.

WELLINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Visiting General Guo Boxiong, vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission, met Monday here with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, and both sides pledged further efforts to promote military cooperation.Although China and New Zealand are far apart geographically, the two countries have been very friendly to each other, Guo said.Bilateral ties have developed rapidly with frequent high-level visits, enhanced cultural and humanitarian exchanges, and closer economic cooperation, Guo said.He also hailed the increase of two-way trade volume between China and New Zealand in the wake of the global financial crisis, and said that New Zealand was the first Western country to sign a free trade agreement with China.In recent years, the two countries have been developing their military-to-military relations in an active manner under the principles of mutual respect, mutual trust, equality and mutual benefit, said Guo, adding that exchanges were also held in such areas as group visits, negotiations and talks, as well as personnel training.

HONG KONG, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong people, including hundreds of volunteers, streamed into a downtown funeral house on Thursday to pay their last respects to the city's fallen hero, Wong Fuk-wing, a former volunteer who lost his life saving others in the April 14 earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai province."I will remember him for all the rest of my life," said nine- year-old Bai Ji, who was among one of those saved by Wong.A three-hour public memorial service began at 4 p.m. local time at a memorial hall of the Universal Funeral Parlor in Kowloon. Among thousands of mourners, four children from the orphanage where Wong worked as a volunteer, came here to pay farewell to Wong, also known as Ah Fuk. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Chief Executive Donald Tsang (front) bows at the funeral of Wong Fuk-wing in Hong Kong, south China, May 6, 2010. Hong Kong people, including hundreds of volunteers, streamed into a downtown funeral home on Thursday to pay their last respect to the city's fallen hero, Wong Fuk-wing, a former volunteer who lost his life saving others in the earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai ProvinceWong, a 46-year-old truck driver who had survived the 7.1- magnitude quake in Yushu last month, died in a powerful aftershock as he returned to rescue the trapped people at the orphanage. He rescued four people before being hit -- three orphans and a teacher.A Zhou, a fellow social worker with Wong from the orphanage, burst into tears when he stepped into the memorial hall.All that Wong cared about in his last minutes was the safety of orphans, said A Zhou."We will bend over backward to take care of the orphans, which is also Ah Fuk's wish," the young man told Xinhua.

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- China's top food safety authority issued new regulations Thursday, setting more stringent requirements on the use and the approval of food additives.The Ministry of Health's "Regulations of New Food Additives," published on its website, set six new restrictions on the use of food additives.The new regulations forbid the use of food additives to mislead consumers about the content and quality of food or to fake food content.Using food additives to disguise decaying and bad quality food is also forbidden.Under the new regulations, food producers are required to use the minimum amount of necessary food additives, and are not allowed to use those that would reduce the nutritional value of food.The ministry would approve new food additives, only if they are proved to be necessary in food production and safe for humans in tests organized by the ministry, the new regulations stipulate.The ministry must conduct reassessments of the safety of its approved food additives, when their necessity and safety are questioned by new research results.The new regulations takes effective Thursday.Food quality in China has been a major concern after a series of scandals.In 2004, at least 13 babies died from malnutrition in the east China's Anhui Province and another 171 were hospitalized, after consuming infant milk powder that contained too little protein.In November 2006, the country's food safety authorities found seven companies producing salted red-yolk eggs with cancer-causing red Sudan dyes to make their eggs look redder and fresher.And in 2008, six babies died and 300,000 others fell ill after being fed with baby formula made from milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine.

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Residential land prices in 35 major Chinese cities grew 8.63 percent on average in 2009, a Ministry of Land and Resources report published Friday said.Land prices for commercial buildings grew at a slower rate, 5.54 percent, while industrial land prices rose 2.04 percent.The report's release comes after land plots in major Chinese cities sold for record prices at auction, adding to concern that increased land prices have driven up housing prices.The ministry said in March residential property prices rose an average 25.1 percent from a year ago to 4,474 yuan (655.6 U.S. dollars) per square meter nationwide last year.The report also said land sales climbed 63.4 percent from a year earlier to 1.59 trillion yuan in 2009.Land supply for construction increased 44.2 percent year on year to 319,000 hectares in 2009 as the government accelerated infrastructure and property construction to boost domestic demand and ensure economic growth, the report said.

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