Empirical Research Of Libeling Officials In Mainland China

There are defamation cases against the government and government officials occurred in recent years, many of them were defined with "libel" conviction, and most of them has been reported detailed, into public view. A series of alleged defamation cases against government officials, caused extensive concern of scholars and social all, concerning and thinking. In the condition of unequal resource, citizens are disadvantaged while the authority is much more powerful, facing the danger of power, protecting the rights of a good citizen is imminent.After the notice "In strict accordance with the handle insult on the libel case notification" was issued by public security, and "Seriously endanger public order and national interests " has been explained, The supreme people’s procuratorate provided,"For a time from now, the libel cases that the public security organs to arrest, the procuratorate which accept the opinion of prosecution needs to report higher for examination and approval. The highest inspection requires strict boundaries between libel crime and the sin, criticized for individual comments against officials could not be defined as libel crime, which was aiming to change the present situation of abuse of libel. However, when citizens in expression and criticism in the process of reporting the government behavior, the possibility of libel crime still exists, and the cases were still continuing happen.So, for the libeling officials cases, we should not only strictly from the system level in setting the standard, but also should set with the legislation form, combine with political, cultural, and social factors in case analysis. It is not only to reflect the cases, but also can study and reflect "the crime involve officials", such as "blackmail governments such as sin" in our country, and to explore the characteristics of how the freedom and right distributed in political environment of China mainland, enhance the protection and perfect the citizen constitutional right to free speech, at the same time, build tolerance of social and political environment.