ACCELERATES DRIVE TO PROSECUTE POLICE WHO USE TORTURE

China accelerated a campaign to prosecute police who extracted confessions by torture as part of a wider drive to curb human rights abuses in police custody, state media reported.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate launched a nationwide campaign in 2004 to crack down on officials who abused their powers and neglected their duties and 1,924 officials had so far been prosecuted, China Daily said.
"Some judicial officials were often found to conduct illegal detention and searches, obtaining evidence and prosecuting crimes through illegal means," said Wang Zhenchuan, deputy procurator-general.