Tuesday May 21 2013

Content about police officer

January 30, 2013
Police authority is unchallengeable

Whistling into a police officer's ear at the top of one's lungs causes bodily harm without there being direct bodily contact and, therefore, is no different from (physically) assaulting a police officer.

January 14, 2013
Police official abused power: Probe

Investigation finds public security director covered up son's crime.

A deputy provincial police chief in North China who tried to cover up an assault his son is alleged to have committed should be fired, an investigation by discipline authorities has concluded.

Li Yali has already been suspended from his post as deputy director of Shanxi province's public security department and director of public security in Taiyuan, the provincial capital.

October 4, 2012
Rescuers recall horror time

Panicked survivors driven by sheer will to live and to pull through the ordeal: Diver.

First responders to the Hong Kong Electric ferry disaster, which claimed 38 lives on Monday, described scenes of horror and panic as passengers on board the stricken vessel blew the whistles on their flotation devices and wailed in terror, fighting desperately for their lives.

The first emergency call came in at 8:23pm. The first rescuers arrived less than 17 minutes later. The cabin of the Lamma IV was still alight from the ship’s generator, recalled Wong Tsz-kin, the first rescue service diver to get there.

September 22, 2012
Violent day of protests in Pakistan kills 15

Protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis infuriated by an anti-Islam film descended into deadly violence on Friday.

Protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis infuriated by an anti-Islam film descended into deadly violence on Friday, with police firing tear gas and live ammunition in an attempt to subdue rioters who hurled rocks and set fire to buildings in some cities. 

Fifteen people were killed and more than 160 injured on a holiday declared by Pakistan's government so people could rally against the video.

Thousands of Muslims protested in at least half a dozen other countries, some burning US flags and effigies of President Barack Obama.

September 13, 2012
New talents to boost govt

Christine Loh, Lee Ka-chiu named undersecretaries on Leung team

Two heavyweights will join the government’s leadership team, including veteran environmentalist Christine Loh Kung-wai and a top police officer, Lee Ka-chiu, the government announced on Wednesday.

August 24, 2012
Say no to rumors on serial killer

The hunting and shooting down of serial killer Zhou Kehua on Aug 14 have given rise to all kinds of rumors. As usual, the rumors and the subsequent debate have become the realm of netizens.

The hunting and shooting down of serial killer Zhou Kehua on Aug 14 have given rise to all kinds of rumors. As usual, the rumors and the subsequent debate have become the realm of netizens. 

But now it seems some netizens criticize a person or an entity just for the sake of criticizing. 

August 24, 2012
Wildlife law lacks teeth

Animal trafficking continues to flourish in transit country Bangladesh due to weak laws and low public awareness.

If a majestic endangered animal falls prey to a poacher’s trap in a forest but no one is around to hear it, can we be sure it happened? It is an open secret that the poaching and killing of wildlife takes place in Bangladesh’s wilderness. But what no one knows is how many wild animals are successfully poached and trafficked in and out of the country versus those stopped.

August 15, 2012
Gunman's reign of fear ends

Eight-year manhunt concludes in Chongqing alley.

An eight-year manhunt for the country's most wanted criminal suspect came to an abrupt end in the early hours of Tuesday when Zhou Kehua was shot dead by police in a Chongqing alley.

Zhou had been on the run since 2004 and was the prime suspect in 10 murders. The clinical brutality and manner of the killings earned Zhou the nickname "Brother Headshot".

He mainly targeted bank customers withdrawing large sums of cash, followed them and shot them.

August 1, 2012
Measures urged to halt foreign prostitute influx

Experts on Beijing's public-security operations have urged authorities to do more about the influx of foreign sex workers, after the arrest of four foreign women at a downtown club.

Experts on Beijing's public-security operations have urged authorities to do more about the influx of foreign sex workers, after the arrest of four foreign women at a downtown club. 

Police raided Qixingdao bar in Chaoyang district on July 18 and arrested 15 suspected prostitutes, including the four foreigners, according to a statement by the Public Security Management Corps under the Beijing Public Security Bureau on Tuesday. 

May 20, 2011
Gangs muscling in on key activities

The battle to control land, natural resources, food and construction is driving gang-related crime, a senior police officer said.
“Gangs are desperately seeking huge commercial gains,” Liao Jinrong, deputy chief of the criminal investigation bureau under the Ministry of Public Security, told China Daily.
Profits from commercial activities are “a major motivation for most gang crimes”, especially in economically developed regions and some lucrative industries, he said.


The battle to control land, natural resources, food and construction is driving gang-related crime, a senior police officer said.


“Gangs are desperately seeking huge commercial gains,” Liao Jinrong, deputy chief of the criminal investigation bureau under the Ministry of Public Security, told China Daily.


Profits from commercial activities are “a major motivation for most gang crimes”, especially in economically developed regions and some lucrative industries, he said.


March 18, 2011
Views divided on delayed retirement

Xu Zhiqing, 50, is fretful these days. She looks forward to retiring in five years, as current regulations require, but is bothered by the possibility that the retirement age will be pushed back.
“My work is really tiring,” said Xu, a police officer in Guangzhou who worked around the clock in the latter half of 2010 on security for the Asian Games. “I also have to take care of my husband and two children, so I don’t want to work any extra years.”


Xu Zhiqing, 50, is fretful these days. She looks forward to retiring in five years, as current regulations require, but is bothered by the possibility that the retirement age will be pushed back.


“My work is really tiring,” said Xu, a police officer in Guangzhou who worked around the clock in the latter half of 2010 on security for the Asian Games. “I also have to take care of my husband and two children, so I don’t want to work any extra years.”


January 28, 2011
Int’l trafficking of women on the rise

The number of Chinese women trafficked overseas and forced into prostitution has risen amid an increasing presence of international crime groups, a senior police officer said.
The women, mostly from poor rural areas, were trafficked mainly for forced marriage or forced prostitution, Chen Shiqu, director of the anti-human trafficking office under the Ministry of Public Security, said.
Forced marriages in poor areas of Southwest China’s Yunnan and Guizhou provinces were behind most of the trafficking, he said.


The number of Chinese women trafficked overseas and forced into prostitution has risen amid an increasing presence of international crime groups, a senior police officer said.


The women, mostly from poor rural areas, were trafficked mainly for forced marriage or forced prostitution, Chen Shiqu, director of the anti-human trafficking office under the Ministry of Public Security, said.


Forced marriages in poor areas of Southwest China’s Yunnan and Guizhou provinces were behind most of the trafficking, he said.


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