Elimination of its zombie clauses means law better protects children

A LOCAL HOMELESS PERSONS rescue station in Bengbu, East China's Anhui province, took the parents of an 8-year-old girl from Daoxian county in Central China's Hunan province to court because the parents "lent" the girl to a friend who taught her to steal and placed her under his control. On Saturday, the court ruled that the girl should be taken from the parents. Beijing News comments:

The case has aroused nationwide discussion because it is the first case in which a nonlocal civilian service agency has sued the parents for failing to assume custody rights and won the case.

There are always some parents who fail to shoulder their responsibilities to their children, while some even violate their children's rights. In order to better protect minors, as early as 20 years ago, the law stated that parents guilty of such wrongdoing could be deprived of custody of their children.