Strike Hard Against Crime Campaign (1996)
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The 1996 "Strike Hard" Anti-crime Campaign(Chinese: 1996年严打[1]/第二次严打), the second Strike Hard or Stern Blow Anti-crime Campaign of 1996 , was an anti-crime campaign launched by the People's Republic of China. The initiator was Jiang Zemin, the new General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party who had been groomed by former state leader Deng Xiaoping. Lasting from April 1996 to February 1997.[2] The Chinese government's 1996 second "Strike Hard" campaign was a continuation of the first campaign launched in 1983.
Controversies
[edit]Wrongful Convictions
[edit]- Huugjilt (ᠬᠥᠭᠵᠢᠯᠲᠦ): An Mongolian male youth was suspected by the Communist Party of involvement in a rape and murder case, coerced into a confession through torture, swiftly convicted, and executed just 62 days later.[3] He was executed by firing squad, on 10 June of that year; he was 18 at the time of his death.
- The Xiaoshan Case: In 1995, the Chinese Communist Party convicted five young man Tian Xiaoping, Chen Jianyang, Tian Weidong, Wang Jianping, and Zhu Youping of murdering two taxi drivers Xu Caihua and Chen Jinjiang in Zhejiang. In 2013, Xiang Shengyuan, a convicted thief, was arrested after his fingerprints matched evidence from the scene, and he confessed to killing Xu Caihua; after spending 18 years in prison, all five men were exonerated and released.[4][5][6]
See also
[edit]- List of miscarriages of justice in China
- Capital punishment in China
- Strike Hard Against Crime Campaign (1983)
- Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries
- Cultural Revolution
- Reform and opening up
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China
- Legal history of China
- Human rights in China
References
[edit]- ^ zh:1996年严打
- ^ "1996年第二次"严打"".
- ^ 赫海威 (2016-02-04). "呼格吉勒图案引争议：中国拒绝严惩冤案制造者". The New York Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "Retrial begins in 1995 murder case". China Daily.
- ^ Sun, Yilei (May 27, 2013). "Zhejiang man wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years: tortured during interrogation, attempted suicide by biting tongue". Yangcheng Evening News. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017.
- ^ Liu, Yiding (May 31, 2013). "True killer in Xiaoshan wrongful conviction case receives suspended death sentence; five wrongfully convicted appear at court". The Beijing News. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017.