Professor Fan Chongyi (b. 1940) is the Director Procedure Law Center at the China University of Political Science and Law.
A new revision of the Chinese Criminal Procedure Law was passed by the National People's Congress on March 14, 2012. The law granted police authority to detain suspects without notifying their families. Many legal experts and civil right activists opposed this revision because it essentially make secret detention a lawful practice. Secret detention in name of national security has been a common practice to lock away anyone the police do not like. Last year, artist Ai Weiwei was secretly detained for several month because of his opinion on the construction quality of some public schools. A Beijing resident was secretly detained for several months because her son killed police in revenge after being abused by police. She was not released until her son was executed.
Fan argued that secret detention does not take place in China. Fan further said it was necessary to secretly detain enemies of the State. Rotten Index: ♣♣
