11.   Police in China can send detainees directly to labor camps without trial.

12.   Under Chinese law, police may detain suspects for lengthy periods without charge and send detainees to labor camps for up to three years without trial.

13.   Under Chinese law, police may detain suspects for lengthy periods without charge and may send detainees to labor camps for up to three years without trial.

14.   The Palestinian authorities complained that the former detainees were being sent to Jericho while they came from other parts of the West Bank.

15.   Taiwan wants to send those detainees back to the mainland, but wants to ensure that the authorities in Beijing do not retry the offenders for the same crimes.

16.   The department spokesman said the situation was defused after a detainee was sent to the hospital to monitor the progress of the injured inmate.