In Beijing, there are roughly 73 locations set up by the liaison offices of provinces and cities to hold petitioners, Oriental Outlook, a news weekly under Xinhua, reported.
For Zhao, if this case is properly dealt with, she would be more confident in suing the local officers who illegally detained her.
The head of the infamous Anyuanding Security Technology Service, a company that helps local governments deal with petitioners, was arrested in 2010 but the sentence was still unclear.
The People's Procuratorate of Beijing's Daxing district has dealt with at least six cases of illegal deprivation of petitioners' freedom since 2010, caixin.com reported on Sunday.
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