60,000 suspects prosecuted in China for children
Around 60,000 suspects were prosecuted in China for harming minors.
According to Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), 60,000 suspects including several high profile abuse cases ranging from January last year to April this year were prosecuted.
Zheng Xinjian, a senior prosecutor in charge of underage cases said, ‘ Since last year, a total of 231 suspects have been prosecuted for offences in kindergartens. A suspect of a high-profile child abuse case in Beijing, who was accused of using sewing needles to "discipline" children at RYB Education New World Kindergarten, was being prosecuted. The suspects of child abuse cases at a day care centre under contract to a leading travel agency in Shanghai and a nursery in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing are also being taken to the court. Chinese prosecuting agencies have stepped up efforts against offenses involving minors, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Since 2015, all cases involving underage victims have been handled by specialised departments, Zheng said