Chinese court rejects parents' earthquake lawsuit

Many of the parents say they have also been subjected to intimidation and financial inducements to silence them.

Sang, one of the parents' representatives, said a judge from the court last week informed the plaintiffs verbally that it would not accept their case and that the central government had issued an internal memo to the courts to say that such cases were not to be heard.

Sang also said police on Sunday detained one of the other parents for a day and warned him against talking to overseas media, saying those who did could face treason charges.

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