Officer punched in fury over fine
By Liang Yiwen |
August 26, 2010, Thursday
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A BRITISH returnee was detained yesterday after hitting a police officer because of a 5 yuan (73 US cents) fine.
The suspect, surnamed Qi, 23, punched the traffic policeman after he had been stopped when he was riding a scooter on a non-motor vehicle lane.
The 58-year-old officer suffered bruises to the face and a bleeding nose.
He brought Qi under control with the help of passers-by.
Jing'an District Prosecutors' Office yesterday approved the arrest of Qi for disrupting public service, which carries a maximum sentence of three years in jail.
"I acted on impulse and I very much regret that now," Qi said of last week's incident.
Qi, a Jiangsu Province native, came to the city to look for a job after graduating from a British university this year.
He had secured a position in a real estate company and was supposed to start work the day after the incident.
On August 18, Qi was riding a scooter with his girlfriend on the back on a non-motor vehicle lane on Nanjing Road W.
The traffic policeman, surnamed Wang, stopped them and decided to fine him 5 yuan, which caused the girlfriend to swear at the officer.
Qi jumped off the scooter and hit Wang despite his girlfriend's attempts to stop him.
The suspect, surnamed Qi, 23, punched the traffic policeman after he had been stopped when he was riding a scooter on a non-motor vehicle lane.
The 58-year-old officer suffered bruises to the face and a bleeding nose.
He brought Qi under control with the help of passers-by.
Jing'an District Prosecutors' Office yesterday approved the arrest of Qi for disrupting public service, which carries a maximum sentence of three years in jail.
"I acted on impulse and I very much regret that now," Qi said of last week's incident.
Qi, a Jiangsu Province native, came to the city to look for a job after graduating from a British university this year.
He had secured a position in a real estate company and was supposed to start work the day after the incident.
On August 18, Qi was riding a scooter with his girlfriend on the back on a non-motor vehicle lane on Nanjing Road W.
The traffic policeman, surnamed Wang, stopped them and decided to fine him 5 yuan, which caused the girlfriend to swear at the officer.
Qi jumped off the scooter and hit Wang despite his girlfriend's attempts to stop him.
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