Tang Hui, mother of a young rape victim who is suing a local authority for putting her into a labor camp, receives security check before a court hearing begins at the Yongzhou Intermediate People's Court in Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province, A
A court in central China's Hunan Province on Friday rejected the compensation demands of a young rape victim's mother who is suing a local authority for putting her into a labor camp.
After a one-day trial, the Intermediate People's Court in Yongzhou City denied Tang Hui's request for 1,463.85 yuan (234 U.S. dollars) in compensation from the city's re-education through labor commission for infringing upon her personal freedom.
Tang said after the court hearing that she would file an appeal.
She had petitioned for harsher punishments for those guilty of raping her daughter and forcing the girl into prostitution. She was put into a labor camp in Yongzhou for "seriously disturbing social order and exerting a negative impact on society" by petitioning in front of local government buildings on Aug. 2, 2012.
She was sentenced to 18 months in the camp, but was released eight days later amid public outcry urging her release.
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