China Defines Acts of Terrorism, Allows Freeze on Assets
This article is for subscribers only.
China today passed legislation that defines acts of terrorism and empowers the nation to freeze the funds and assets of people and organizations identified on a government list.
The legislative resolution, approved today by the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, “provides a clearer definition of what constitutes a terrorist activity and will help differentiate between terrorist crimes and other crimes,” Li Shouwei, a deputy director of the criminal law office of the NPC, said at a briefing in Beijing. There is no international consensus on the definition of terrorism, he said.