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China to narrow scope of contentious detention and surveillance measure

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Chinese lawmakers are proposing to restrict residential surveillance at a designated location (RSDL), a contentious detention and police surveillance measure introduced in 1996 and expanded in 2012, which has become the harshest form of detention used in state security cases including terrorism.

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Residential surveillance at a designated location (RSDL) was originally intended as a mild restriction of personal freedoms to lower the rate of detention and arrest. It was introduced in 1996 and expanded in 2012.

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Chinese lawmakers are proposing to restrict a contentious form of detention and police surveillance measure, among other changes to the country’s Criminal Procedure Law.

Known as residential surveillance at a designated location (RSDL), the measure was originally intended as a mild restriction of personal freedoms to lower the rate of detention and arrest.

Since RSDL’s introduction in 1996 and expansion in 2012, it has become the harshest form of detention used in state security cases, including terrorism.

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  • What specific restrictions are lawmakers proposing?
  • When would the proposed changes take effect?
  • Which lawmakers are sponsoring the proposal?

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This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.

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