Police 'killing' triggers online uproar in China

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Source: AFP

Beijing (AFP) - A Chinese police officer has been arrested after a female migrant worker was allegedly beaten to death in a case which sparked anger over the authorities' latest apparent abuse of power.

The arrest over Zhou Xiuyun's death earlier this month, reported by the state-run Global Times newspaper on Monday, has triggered a wave of online commentary in China, where rights groups say abuse and violence by law enforcement authorities is common. Zhou Xiuyun was attacked by the police officer at a construction site in northern Shanxi province where she was demanding delayed salary for her son totalling 20,000 yuan ($3,200), the Dahe newspaper reported Monday.

The situation descended into chaos when officers attempted to take away the 47-year-old, the newspaper said, citing her husband Wang Youzhi, who had accompanied his wife, along with their son. The police officer seized Zhou by the neck and pinned her to the ground after she tried to stop the officers from handcuffing her husband, Wang was quoted as saying. The three were brought to a local police station where an unconscious Zhou was then thrown onto the ground while Wang and his son were beaten up, leaving the father with four broken ribs.

It was not immediately clear precisely when she died, but footage showing the policeman trampling on the hair of a lifeless Zhou went viral online, prompting the local Public Security Bureau to issue a statement last Friday saying it had suspended the policemen involved.

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1. Will this be another "teaching moment?"

Compare China with the USA:

How are corrupt banksters dealt with?

China: Executed (sometimes reprieved in favor of imprisonment.)
USA: "Look forward," bestow additional taxpayer money through tax reduction or outright giveaway.


How are company chiefs who sell poisoned food dealt with?

China: Executed (sometimes reprieved in favor of imprisonment.)
USA: "Look forward," impose a token fine, if any, and, if the "brand has been tarnished," allow the use of a new name.


How are rogue murderous cops dealt with (as in this case?)

China: "Suspended."
USA: Paid vacation with the media in full hagiography mode.


I guess we'll see.

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3. That's not a valid comparison.

China doesn't execute corruption - it executes falling out of favor. Since corruption is effectively universal in the Chinese government, there is never any shortage of perfectly legitimate excuses to dispose of enemies who lose power. Same as happened under the Soviet Union.

It's not accountability - it's being burned by one's accomplices when they decide you're no longer convenient. More akin to a Mafia hit than a legal proceeding and sentence. Sure, mobsters are brutal, thieving, murdering bastards, but you don't call it "progress" when one of them gets whacked out by his comrades.

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4. that's the second most bizarre post of the day

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2. I like to think consciousness about injustice grows,

...that the world's consciousness about police brutality, abuse and murder is being raised.