{"id":2602,"date":"2014-08-13T19:36:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T19:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2014-08-13T19:36:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T19:36:20","slug":"arrested-detained-a-guide-to-navigating-chinas-police-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/arrested-detained-a-guide-to-navigating-chinas-police-powers","title":{"rendered":"Arrested, Detained: A Guide to Navigating China\u2019s Police Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Stanley Lubman<\/span><\/p>\n

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Headlines about China are filled with reports of Chinese citizens \u2014 some well-known, some less so \u2014 who have been detained, arrested or indicted. Recent cases, for example, include those of activist lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, first detained and then arrested for the crime of \u201cpicking quarrels,\u201d as well as that of TV journalist Rui Chengang, who was recently detained. The array of terms used to describe the different powers and tactics available to the Chinese police is enough to make both readers and journalists struggle. The terminology varies, and is often used without explanation. For example, news organizations sometimes use the terms \u201cdetained\u201d and \u201carrested\u201d as if the two terms are synonymous.<\/p>\n

As China\u2019s political-legal system presses vigorously to maintain \u201csocial stability,\u201d the number of different terms used is further complicated by the various actors and agencies involved, including public security (\u201cpolice\u201d) forces and the procuratorate (\u201cprocuracy\u201d). At the same time, Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s campaign against corruption is being conducted by the Chinese Communist Party, which follows its own rules until it turns over an accused party member to the formal legal system.<\/p>\n

The problem is deepened by the fact that Chinese police use not only legal, but extra-legal powers to deprive or limit the personal liberty of people authorities claim present threats to \u201csocial stability.\u201d Between mid-May and early July, for example, more than 130 individuals were \u201ccriminally detained,\u201d \u201cadministratively detained,\u201d \u201carrested,\u201d \u201dforced to travel,\u201d \u201ctaken away,\u201d \u201cput under surveillance,\u201d \u201ctaken into temporary custody,\u201d or \u201chome searched\u201d by the Chinese police, according to the latest report by nonprofit Human Rights in China. One was \u201cdisappeared.\u201d By July 8th, 36 had been released.<\/p>\n

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