Chinese able to send messages to judges online

Chinese people can now leave messages to chief judges online, giving the public better access to members of the judiciary.

Websites www.court.gov.cn, the official website of China's Supreme People's Court (SPC), and www.chinacourt.org, a news portal for all Chinese courts, have added electronic mailboxes to their homepages.

The move is aimed at improving judicial credibility and fairness by providing an online communication channel, according to the SPC.

By clicking on the mailbox button, users can send messages to chief judges, who own independent accounts and have access to their mailbox.

But the SPC said that these accounts will be administrated by special staff arranged by press and publicity departments of the higher courts.

It promised that staff will respond to and handle problems in a timely manner.