Department of Veterans Affairs: Deploy the search, excavation, identification and protection of martyrs’ remains.

CCTV News:Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs issued the "Notice on the Safe Search, Excavation, Identification and Protection of Martyrs’ Remains", demanding that the search, excavation, identification and protection of missing or unknown martyrs’ remains be done safely. The Notice requires that the remains of suspected martyrs discovered or excavated should be properly preserved in accordance with relevant regulations. If it is identified as the remains of martyrs, it shall be buried in the martyrs cemetery in a timely and proper manner and a burial ceremony shall be held nearby.

In addition, the information data obtained from the identification of the remains of martyrs should be kept and used in accordance with the relevant requirements of the national information data management. Without approval, it is not allowed to organize the excavation or identification of the remains of martyrs, and it is not allowed to destroy or dispose of the remains or relics of martyrs at will.