Shanghai bans sex offenders from jobs near juveniles

Shanghai became the country's first provincial-level region to require anyone seeking a job near places where juveniles congregate to have no record of sexual misconduct.

The misconduct not only refers to court verdicts, but also disciplinary rulings made by prosecuting agencies and administrative punishments issued by police, the Shanghai People's Procuratorate said on Wednesday ahead of International Children's Day on June 1.

Wu Yan, director of juvenile prosecutions for the Shanghai procuratorate, said lawbreakers with a history of criminal penalties for rape or child molestation, or administrative penalties for seducing, providing shelter and making introductions for prostitution will be barred from jobs at schools, educational and physical training institutions, day care centers, hospitals and child welfare facilities.