SocietyChina forcing political critics into psychiatric hospitals: report
Victims allegedly subjected to electroshock therapy, forced druggings
China has a history of confining political critics with no history of mental illness to police-run psychiatric hospitals and other state-operated facilities. (Source photos by AP)
PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer
August 16, 2022 13:39 JST
HONG KONG -- Chinese authorities are pushing political critics into psychiatric hospitals where they are subjected to electroshock therapy and forced drugging nearly a decade after the country passed laws against such abuse, a new report said on Tuesday.