Sexually abusive guardians must lose rights, top court reiterates

The right to be a child's guardian must be removed whenever parents and guardians are found to have sexually abused minors, officials from China's top court said on Tuesday in response to a rise in such cases in recent years.

The Supreme People's Court asked courts at all levels to strictly deprive guardianship, a move aimed at protecting children, said Ma Dong, a judge in the research department of the top court.

Chinese courts sentenced 6,620 offenders involved in 7,610 cases relating to child molestation between 2013 and 2015, according to the top court.