Pay judgment or feel pinch, top court says

People who refuse to comply with judgments against them, such as debtors, will be subject to more restrictions in ordinary daily life, as well as in business operations, officials at China's top court said.

In the past, people who failed to carry out judgments were limited in their ability to purchase luxuries. But now, even some normal consumption items will be restricted under a rule issued by the Supreme People's Court.

For example, under the old rule published in 2010, people who failed to repay debts as ordered by a court were barred from purchasing railway tickets that included soft sleepers, since the higher price was evidence that they could afford to pay, said Liu Guixiang, director of the Judgment Enforcement Department of the top court.