Welcome move to protect kids from abusers

PEOPLE WITH A DOCUMENTED RECORD OF SEX CRIMES in Shanghai's Minhang district will be barred from working in industries that have close interactions with teenagers. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Sunday:

The Minhang district people's procuratorate has made arguably the country's first attempt to specify the professions inaccessible to sex offenders - for good reason. More preemptive, targeted efforts have been made by local judicial authorities to keep at bay child molesters, who have the tendency to sexually exploit the children of their friends and even family members, and might keep doing so if the victims remain silent.

Last year the procuratorate authorities in Cixi, East China's Zhejiang province, authorized disclosing the information on those who have committed major sex crimes against minors after their release or during their probation period. Such judicial trials have been welcomed by the public, as many child abusers, who traumatize the victims for life, are tempted to continue their criminal habits even after serving time in prison.