China
Counselors give detainees comfort
By Zhang Yan (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-11-11 08:23
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Beijing - There are 1,700 suspects detained in the Beijing No 1 Detention Center, including 240 female suspects and 12 minors.
Most of them were detained on charges related to major criminal cases, said Wang Senlin, head of the center.
Nearly 100 foreign detainees suspected of robbery, drug trafficking and intentional injury are also detained in a separate block in the center, he said.
A 19-year-old African male suspect allegedly involved in drug trafficking, was detained in the center in October.
He told China Daily that the Chinese guard gave him more care in the detention house.
"I was so depressed and in a low spirit when I was detained and the police guard gave me much comfort," he said.
"Once, I caught cold and was in a high fever, they immediately gave me medicine."