BEIJING: Zhang Zhichao, who spent more than a decade in prison for rape, has applied for about 7.89 million yuan (RM4.75mil) in compensation after he was found not guilty early this year due to insufficient evidence.Yuan Feng and Chen Xi, Zhang’s lawyers, went to the Linyi Intermediate People’s Court in eastern China’s Shandong province on Monday to submit the application.
The claim for state compensation includes about 1.89 million yuan (RM1.14mil) for Zhang’s wrongful detention, which lasted about 14 years, and six million yuan (RM3.6mil) for his mental anguish, the lawyers said, adding that Zhang had also asked the officials responsible for his case to publicly apologise to him through the media.
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