Ministry: Detention house overhaul on the cards

China's police detention departments will be overhauled during a three-month campaign which began yesterday to investigate the reasons behind a series of suspicious deaths of inmates at detention houses.

The deaths are suspected to have been results of bullying and torture at detention houses under police officers' control, triggering an outrage in the country.

The Ministry of Public Security said that the campaign would look into possible problematic areas around the issue, such as some police officers' low awareness of the law and human rights, and misuse of authority.