Girl says prostitution confession coerced

The 16-year-old girl who was allegedly forced into prostitution by her father and his partner four months ago in Kunming, Yunnan province, said yesterday she was coerced by police to say he committed the crime.

"I was detained and interrogated by the police for more than a week. They told me if I admitted I was a prostitute, we could all go free," Chen Yan told China Daily over the phone.

"I had admitted to everything without knowing what prostitution was. But now I want my father out. I want to tell the truth, that I was never a prostitute," Chen said.