CX Daily: Why China’s Aid for Victims of Crime Has Fallen Short

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From 2018 to 2022, authorities across China paid out around 2.32 billion yuan of judicial assistance to nearly 200,000 people. That’s an average of about 11,600 yuan per person. Photo: VCG

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In Depth: Why China’s aid for victims of crime has fallen short

Twenty-seven years ago, a fatal poisoning case at a martial arts school rocked East China’s Anhui province. Seven young boys died and another 123 people were taken ill. After decades on the run, the two suspects were caught last year and sentenced in a local court on Jan. 8.

The punishment? Death. In 1997, Fu Zejie and Zhu Zulin intentionally mixed rat poison into the food in the school’s canteen due to a feud with a competing martial arts school and other personal grudges.