Zhang said officials refuse to compensate as granting compensation is seen as admission to having violated the law. "If the government denies violating the law, the courts have to dismiss the case," he said.
To address the problem, the amendments remove the approval requirement and allow victims to directly apply for compensation, Ma, who sat on the board of experts drafting the law, told Xinhua.
The law amendments also include compensation for psychological injury for the first time. But the amendments do not specify how such injuries and damages are to be assessed, even though several lawmakers have suggested clearer definitions during previous readings.
