Following movie director Zhang Yimou's admission that he broke family planning rules by having three children out of wedlock, two public welfare lawyers yesterday called on China's lawmakers to make serious breaches of the one-child policy a criminal offense.迷你倉西貢Guo Chengxi and Jia Fangyi told a news conference in Shanghai that in addition to writing a letter to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, they had lodged a lawsuit at Wuxi Intermediate People's Court, seeking an order that Zhang make a public apology.It also demanded that Zhang be fined 500 million yuan (US$80.65 million) for using social resources and 500 million yuan as punishment, the People's Daily reported.Guo, who works in the Shanghai office of the Beijing DHH Law Firm, said the lawsuit was not simply targeting Zhang but all wealthy people who breached the family planning policy."China is suffering a big pressure from the huge population, while rich people's violation of the family planning policy has become more and more serious in recent years," she said."Such behavior causes ineq迷你倉將軍澳ity, because fines are not a problem for rich people but a hurdle to others."Jia, a lawyer with the Great Wall Law Firm in Beijing, said the money from Zhang's fines should be used to establish a foundation to help children who can't afford schooling and support education and health in poverty-hit regions.The family planning commission in Wuxi, hometown of Chen Ting, Zhang's wife, said on Monday that the couple registered their marriage in September 2011, but their children were born in 2001, 2004 and 2006 in Beijing.Having children before marriage is a violation of provincial family planning rules.The commission has asked Zhang for details of his income in order to calculate fines.Claims that Zhang had breached family planning rules emerged in May, but Zhang did not respond until his admission on Sunday that he had two sons and a daughter.Zhang, 63, is one of China's best-known film directors and his internationally acclaimed work includes "Red Sorghum," his directorial debut in 1987, and the award-winning "Raise the Red Lantern," "Not One Less" and "The Road Home."迷你倉尖沙咀
- Dec 06 Fri 2013 11:45
Lawyers say Zhang’s behavior ‘criminal’
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