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Criminals' rights protected until the very end, civil servant recruitment cut by 12 percent and dogs rescued after being buried alive at garbage dump

Court sets rules to protect criminals' rights

Henan High People’s Court has issued a series of rules - from trial to implementation of sentence - to protect criminals’ rights. They stipulate that defendants should not be required to wear prison jumpsuits, or have their head shaved, when standing trial and that executions should normally be carried out by lethal injection rather than shooting, Xinhua reported.

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Local civil servants fall by 360,000

Employment of civil servants in 21 provinces has begun with plans to add 101,800 new members. Registered candidates have reached 2.56 million, 360,900 fewer than last year, a reduction of 12.3 percent, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Internet users exposes dogs buried alive in Inner Mongolia

A Weibo user claimed on Wednesday that nearly 100 dogs had been buried alive in a six-meter hole in a garbage dump in Inner Mongolia. The next day some volunteers arrived and saved a few of the animals, 163.com reported.

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Civil servants get taste of farming

Newly recruited civil servants in the taxation administration in Wusheng county, Sichuan province went to work alongside farmers, Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday. The tax officials were sent to the villages on Thursday to work and live with the farmers in order to better understand what farmers do and what they need.

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Big support for smoking ban

An overwhelming majority of people in Beijing support the city's latest legislative effort to control indoor smoking, according to a survey. More than 96 percent of 8,300 residents surveyed said they supported the comprehensive indoor smoking ban suggested by the city's health and family planning commission.

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3-D printers make 10 realistic houses

A private company recently used a set of giant printers to print out 10 full-sized houses in just one day. The stand-alone one-story houses in Shanghai Hi-Tech Industrial Park were created using an intelligent printing array in Suzhou and look like ordinary buildings. The array consists of four printers that are 10 meters wide and 6.6 meters high and use multi-directional automated sprays.

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LV sues man for selling fakes

A trial for a man accused of counterfeiting Louis Vuitton products took place on Friday in Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong province. Valerie Sonnier, a legal representative of Louis Vuitton, sued Ji Zhibin, claiming he sold fake products using the company's name. Ji, who ran a digital products store in Shenzhen, is suspected of selling fake goods under the LV brand, such as leather covers for tablet computers. The court did not announce a judgment on Friday.

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4 go to jail for rape in name of religion

Ining People's Court in Xinjiang handled two cases in which two suspects were accused of sexually assaulting a female minor in the name of religion, local media reported on Friday. Suspect Aroufujan Mahmut was sentenced to seven years in prison, and Abduwayit Wahaf received 8 years in prison. The other two, Pazrehman Yibulayin and Mamatali Umanjan, were given seven-year sentences, according to the court.

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