3 April 2009
All provincial, autonomous region and municipal public security offices and bureaus, the Xinjiang Production-Construction Corps Public Security Bureau
Since many years, all levels’ public security organs have, according to the relevant provisions of the “Criminal Law” and the “Public Order Management Punishment Law”, inspected and prosecuted a batch of insult and defamation cases, and have contributed to the protection of the personal dignity and reputation of citizens, and safeguarding social public order. But, a small number of local public security organs have, in the process of handling insult and defamation cases, not been able to handle cases strictly and correctly according to the law, which led to the broad attention of news media and all walks of society, engendered a harmful social influence, and damaged the image and law enforcement credibility of public security organs. In order to handle insult and defamation cases strictly according to the law, standardize law enforcement activities, raise case-handling quality, and protect the lawful rights and interests of citizens, hereby, the following relevant issues are notified: Continue reading →