Top court pledges to strictly punish verdict defaulters

People who illegally oppose the enforcement of verdicts and those who fail to comply with court rulings will continue to be strictly punished, China's top court vowed on Tuesday.

"Chinese courts have taken steps against defaulters in recent years, including imposing restrictions in their daily lives to push verdict implementation. Among the measures, punishment has never been absent," Meng Xiang, head of the Supreme People's Court's enforcement bureau, told a news conference in Beijing.

Under the Criminal Law, people able to comply with court mandated penalties yet ignore enforcement and those who avoid enforcement illegally should be charged with the crime of refusing court rulings and be given criminal punishments, including detention and fines.