Rare victory for rape victim’s mother in compensation bid

A woman who became a symbol for the groundswell of opposition to China’s labour camp system scored a rare victory in an appeal for compensation in a case that generated a huge public outcry.

The Hunan Provincial People’s High Court ruled in favour of Tang Hui, who last year was sentenced to 18 months in a labour camp for petitioning for harsher penalties for the men who abducted, raped and prostituted her 11-year-old daughter.

At the time, Tang’s case drew massive public opposition and she was released within days.