Campus violence requires more attention

Three Chinese students studying in the United States and seven other students are to stand trial accused of kidnapping and torturing two women for over five hours. They even took videos of the process. One of their parents is under arrest, too, for trying to bribe witnesses. Comments:

Similar incidents happen more frequently in China, but the police always refuse to intervene, saying they are private matters, while the courts always issues light sentences regarding them as minor incidents. The suspects' trial in the US shows what role the police and courts should play in a society with the rule of law. Many scholars say Chinese students need to learn a lesson, but I think Chinese judiciaries should learn a bigger lesson.

Tao Duanfang, commentator, June 13