More aid pledged for victims of violent crime

China's top court pledged on Tuesday to provide financial aid to more victims of serious violent crimes in a bid to relieve the trauma stemming from those criminal offences.

Each year, some of the 3 million victims of crimes committed by poverty-stricken people may be able to benefit from the program approved by the Supreme People's Court, which included more cities in the current subsidy system.

The subsidies - targeted at those seriously injured or the relatives of those killed in violent crimes - are needed because people who commit violent crimes usually don't have the means to compensate the victims or their families.