China News Service, Beijing, September 18 (Reporter Zhang Su) The judiciary maintains a high-pressure situation of cracking down on the sexual assault of minors, but practice has proved that prevention at the source must be strengthened.
To this end, the three Chinese departments proposed to establish a system for faculty and staff entry inquiry, which clearly stated that “persons with a criminal record of sexual assault shall not be hired or recognized as teachers”.
The "Opinions on Establishing an Information System for Faculty and Staff Access and Inquiry on Sexual Assault and Crimes" was jointly issued by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Public Security.
There are 18 articles in this judicial opinion.
At the press conference held on the 18th, Shi Weizhong, Director of the Ninth Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China, introduced the main content.
The entry inquiry system stipulated in the opinion means that before new faculty members are recruited in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, the teacher qualification certification agency shall conduct information on sexual assault and crimes before granting applicants the teacher qualifications.
The opinion requires that the school shall not hire any person who has a criminal record of sexual assault and criminal record, and the teacher qualification certification institution shall not recognize the teacher qualification.
If an in-service faculty or staff member is found to have a criminal record of sexual assault, they shall stop their work immediately and terminate the employment contract in accordance with regulations.
Shi Weizhong added that since most of the college students are adults and the management system of off-campus training institutions is relatively complicated, it is stipulated that for inquiries about sexual assault and criminal information on faculty, staff, and staff of colleges and off-campus training institutions for minors, refer to this Opinion implementation.
From 2017 to 2019, the procuratorial organs prosecuted rape, forced indecency, child molestation and other sexual assault crimes against minors were 10,603, 13,445, and 19,338, respectively, accounting for 22.3% and 26.5 of the total number of criminals prosecuted for crimes against minors that year. % And 30.7%, respectively, up 26.8% and 43.8% year-on-year in the next two years.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate issued 5 typical cases of faculty and staff access and inquiries about illegal and criminal information on the same day.
Li Feng, deputy director of the Ninth Procuratorate of China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate, said at a press conference that the entry inquiry system explored and established in various regions is not uniform, so the types of illegal crimes inquired in the 5 cases are not limited to sexual assaults. Two cases involved drugs. Crimes and crimes such as organizing and hosting prostitution.
"After the establishment of a national-level system, the system can be applied uniformly and standardizedly throughout the country." Li Feng said that after being punished for sexual assault and crimes, the situation of changing places and mixing into the faculty will basically not happen again. This will To provide more rigorous protection for our children, but also a great deterrent to those criminals who violate the law.
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