Courts to scrap handcuffs, cages for defendants

Henan judge says suspects will be treated with greater respect during criminal trials

Suspects in Central China's Henan province will no longer be handcuffed or caged while being tried in court, according to the provincial high people's court.

The courts should also allow criminal defendants to wear regular clothes, rather than detainees' orange-colored uniforms while on trial, said Zhang Liyong, president of Henan High People's Court.