Rulings must consider morality: top judge

BEIJING - Courts should keep public morality in mind when they are handing down decisions that could have far-reaching effects, China's top judge said on Thursday.

Wang Shengjun, president of the Supreme People's Court, called on some 30 chief justices from provincial high courts to "legally protect Good Samaritans" and not let them be misjudged.

Wang's remarks were in response to some controversial cases in which the people who lent a helping hand were later accused of being the offenders.