China should scrap ‘picking quarrels’ crime, says leading lawyer

Suggestion to abolish catch-all offence will be among thousands considered at Chinese Communist party summit

China should abolish the catch-all crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble", a political delegate has proposed before next week's major Two Sessions legislative meeting.

Zhu Zhengfu, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) advisory body, said the law risked undermining China's legal system and was open to selective enforcement" by authorities, according to state media.