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China increases state compensation standard

Xinhua, May 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has increased the compensation standard for individuals wrongfully imprisoned or detained by the state.

The new standard for state compensation has been set at 242.3 yuan (37.1 U.S. dollars) per day, up 22.58 yuan from the 2015 compensation standard, according to a statement published by the SPP on Monday.

The adjustment of the standard was based on the increase in the average annual salary of state employees, which stood at 63,241 yuan in 2015.

Under Chinese law, wrongfully imprisoned or detained individuals are due compensation for each day they are deprived of their freedom,calculated according to the average salary per day of the staff of the state in the preceding year. Endi