| A man who was wrongly jailed for more than 10 years on alleged murder conviction was compensated 650,000 yuan (96,000 U.S. dollars), authorities in north China's Henan Province said Thursday.
The amount includes state compensation and allowances, according to a ruling made by the Intermediate People's Court in Shangqiu City on Wednesday.
Zhao Zuohai, 57, received the compensation Thursday morning from Song Haiping, president of the intermediate court, a court official said at a joint press with the province's Higher Court.
He said the compensation was made in line with the State Compensation Law.
Zhao had spent 11 years in jail when the man he allegedly "murdered" turned up alive on April 30.
When Zhao was in jail, his wife remarried, two of his four kids were adopted while the other two left to become migrant workers.
Local police, court and procuratorate authorities are investigating the case and have promised to penalize those responsible for the wrong conviction.
Two police officers have been detained on suspicion of torturing Zhao to extract confession and a third one is still at large. |
