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'Mistress killers' come to Shanghai
(eastday.com)
Updated: 2004-12-23 10:15 China's first women's rights
protection center opened its first branch in Shanghai, to help women
there who are victims of family violence or think their husbands are
cheating on them.
A staff member of the center's Shanghai branch
takes questions from reporters at the opening ceremony in Shanghai,
December 22, 2004. All of its staff wear dark glasses.
[newsphoto] |
Since the center opened its
first branch in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, its employees have been dubbed
"mistress killers" by the media, because they help suspicious wives prove their
husbands are being unfaithful.
The local branch was set up near the Shanghai Railway Station in Zhabei
District. Two of its 13 "mistress killers" hail from the city, while the rest
come from Chengdu.
"We hope the center can become a protector of Chinese marriages and families,
and women's legal rights and interests," said its director Zhang Lanhua.
She said clients usually ask for help in collecting evidence their husbands'
are having an extramarital affairs, or help in dealing with family violence and
property transfers.
Since the first center was set up in Chengdu on February 17, it has dealt
with more than 3,700 cases and helped save about 350 marriages.
"About 80 percent of the cases concerned extramarital affairs, which have
been a major killer of marriages. Family violence was found in half of the
cases," said Liu Xiaolin, the center's legal representative.
"The unfaithful husbands come from all walks of life, including the newly
rich, professors, public servants and common workers."
The center negotiates the cost of each case depending on a client's financial
situation and sometimes offers free help to poverty-stricken women, she said.
Women who suspect their husbands of cheating or facing violence can contact
the Shanghai branch at (021)6354-0868 and 6317-7655.
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