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Anyone suspected of extortion in criminal law should report the case to the public security organ, which should transfer it to the procuratorate for prosecution. Generally speaking, criminal cases should be handled by state organs first, and you can only prosecute if the public security organs do not file a case.

A criminal case may be accompanied by a civil action, but it does not include mental compensation. Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the scope of criminal incidental civil action

Article 1 A person who suffers material losses because a criminal infringes on personal rights or destroys property may bring an incidental civil action.

The people's court shall not accept an incidental civil action brought by a victim who has suffered mental loss due to a criminal act.

Article 2 The material losses suffered by the victim due to criminal acts refer to the actual losses and inevitable losses suffered by the victim due to criminal acts.

Article 3 If the people's court hears an incidental civil lawsuit according to law and finds that the defendant really has no property to execute, it shall make a ruling to suspend or terminate the execution.

Article 4 If the defendant compensates the victim for material losses, the people's court may consider it as a sentencing circumstance.

Therefore, at present, China's criminal incidental civil cases do not support the request for compensation for mental damage. However, you can apply for compensation in the indictment, even if you don't sentence it, it may play a certain role in determining the circumstances of the crime and other damages.