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World Service,30 Jan 2025,26 mins

Troublemakers: Drugged, Framed and Detained

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A BBC Eye investigation has uncovered how psychiatric hospitals are being used to silence China’s critics. China’s Mental Health Law, passed in 2012, was meant to stop the abuse of psychiatric detention. BBC Eye goes undercover to gather evidence that doctors are colluding with Chinese police to lock away protestors. Presenter: Nyima Pratten Producer: Ly Truong, Ruth Evans BBC Eye producer: Alex Matholie Editor: Rebecca Henschke Sound engineer: Neil Churchill

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