Rape victim’s mom pushes investigation

A mother who was ordered to spend 18 months in a re-education through labor center in Yongzhou, Hunan Province, after fiercely petitioning for tougher sentencing of the men who abducted, raped and forced her 11-year-old daughter into prostitution, said she will report two additional police officers for sexually assaulting her child.

Tang Hui was quoted by the Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post as saying over the weekend that she will report the two local police officers, surnamed Lei and Liu, to the Hunan provincial commission for political and legal affairs.

"They both raped my daughter, and yet they remain free. They have not been punished up to now," Tang said.

She said she will also file an administrative lawsuit against the Yongzhou re-education through labor management committee for denying her State compensation.

The mother was given a 18-month detention for "seriously disturbing social order and exerting a negative impact on society" on August 2 last year.

The detention was given after she protested in front of local government buildings, complaining that the local public security bureau had falsified evidence to reduce the sentences of those who were convicted of committing horrific crimes against her daughter.

After the case made headlines and outraged the public, the re-education administration reversed itself and released Tang after just eight days.

The administration said then it made its decision because Tang's daughter is still a minor and requires her mother's care.

On June 5 this year, the Hunan Provincial Higher People's Court sentenced two of the men involved in the girl's kidnapping to death.

Four others were given life sentences and another received a 15-year term.

Tang also claims the promised investigation by the provincial commission into the tampering of evidence by local police has never happened.

"They have never contacted my daughter or me for evidence, neither have they updated us with any investigation results," Tang said.

In October 2006, Tang's then 11-yeqar-old daughter was forced to perform over 100 sexual acts before being rescued on December 30, 2006.

Tang had repeatedly petitioned for justice in front of government buildings and sought the death penalty for all seven people who were charged with forcing her daughter into prostitution.