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Govt. loses hepatitis B case
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-06-01 08:48 A court in East China's Wuhu City upheld the first
ruling in a hepatitis B discrimination case, saying that the Wuhu Personnel
Affairs Bureau discriminated against hep B carriers, the China News Service
reported Monday.
Zhang Xianzhu, the hep B carrier, sued the bureau in November 2003 after he
was denied a government job because of the virus.
The People's Court of Xinwu District in Wuhu ruled on April 2 that the bureau
did not follow provincial standards when it said a man with hep B could not be a
public servant.
Hep B carriers can be separated into several categories based on the specific
virus and its potential to spread. Zhang does not belong to the seven groups
mentioned in Anhui’s provincial health standards as not qualified for public
service.
Therefore, the Xinwu court said the Wuhu Personnel Affairs Bureau could not
deny Zhang’s application.
The case attracted much public attention because it was the country’s first
case involving the rights of hep B carriers.
The Xinwu court upheld Zhang's discrimination claim, yet inexplicably did not
accede to his request to order the government to find him a job.
The bureau appealed, insisted that its administrative behavior towards Zhang
did not violate any rules.
Experts estimate there are more than 100 million hep B carriers in China, and
many were subjected to discrimination when seeking a job.
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