tiger chair

English

Noun

tiger chair (plural tiger chairs)

  1. A metal chair in which suspects are restrained for interrogation in the PRC, frequently characterized as torture by commentators.

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  • Rebel Pepper (October 2019) Twitter‎[1]: “中國警方審訊人犯的特殊鐵椅，我都有幸坐過，如果人坐在審訊椅上被全部鎖定是非常痛苦的，長時間那麼坐著應該也算酷刑。但是不知道為什麼，這種在中國通常稱為“審訊椅”的在英語里被稱為“Tiger Chair”，我不知道是誰翻譯的。中國被稱為“老虎凳”的是另外一種歷史悠久的刑具，反關節，比審訊椅痛苦一千倍”
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