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Debtors named and shamed in court list

By Nie Ligao (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-07-30 11:07

A list of debtors who have not paid compensation owed or who are at large was published by the Beijing Higher People's Court Thursday, Beijing Times reported.

The disclosure including the name, identity number, family address and amount of debt aimed to name and shame the people into paying up.

Nine people and twelve corporations were put on the list and the exposure is to become a routine measure aimed at cracking down on the slick dodgers.

"It's been a headache for the courts to implement the verdicts," said Zhang Meixin, a chief with the Executive Bureau of the Beijing Higher People's Court.

"Further enforcement ways such as judicial detention, fine, consumption limit and even criminal prosecution would be followed," Zhang added.

Among the debtors, the least amount is 18,000 yuan ($2,656) and the biggest amount, 11.38 million yuan ($1.68 million) for a corporation and 3.12 million yuan ($460,512) for a person.