Drunk driver will still face charges
By Yang Jian |
December 27, 2010, Monday
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POLICE said the hit-and-run driver in the infamous "Li Gang" case will still be punished, despite the driver's father, whose name became a byword for abuse of power, paying 460,000 yuan (US$69,400) to the victim's family, the Jinan-based Qilu Evening News reported yesterday.
Police in Baoding City of Hebei Province said the culprit is still in custody and that the drunk-driving case, in which a 20-year-old student was killed, could not be settled simply by the paying of compensation.
Baoding City's deputy police chief Li Gang, who is the father of the driver, asked the victim's family to agree that "both parties never contact each other" and that the "victim's family cannot talk to journalists" before paying the compensation, the victim's father Chen Guang-qian said, according to the newspaper.
Li gave the money to the town government at first and said the family could get the money only after the situation had calmed down, Chen said.
Li agreed to pay compensation on November 5 the same day as the victim's family fired their attorney Zhang Kai, but the family did not receive the money until last Monday.
"I do not care about the money, all I want is to settle the case as fast as possible," Chen said.
Chen said he had not known the sentence would be reduced when he agreed to receive the compensation.
In some situations in China, when compensation is paid, the severity of a punishment may be reduced.
Zhang has kept pressure on officials to take legal action against the culprit, despite being attacked by 10 unidentified men on the evening on December 14 in Beijing, as reported by Shanghai Daily.
Beijing police have said they will track the offenders by identifying footprints and fingerprints on Zhang's car.
In the infamous case, which has stirred heated public discussion across China, Hebei University student Li Qiming killed one female student and injured another in a drunk-driving incident on October 17. Li brazenly claimed his father Li Gang was a local police chief and challenged bystanders to call the police.
He shouted: "Sue me if you dare. My father is Li Gang!" which sparked a public outcry. He was arrested on October 24.
Police in Baoding City of Hebei Province said the culprit is still in custody and that the drunk-driving case, in which a 20-year-old student was killed, could not be settled simply by the paying of compensation.
Baoding City's deputy police chief Li Gang, who is the father of the driver, asked the victim's family to agree that "both parties never contact each other" and that the "victim's family cannot talk to journalists" before paying the compensation, the victim's father Chen Guang-qian said, according to the newspaper.
Li gave the money to the town government at first and said the family could get the money only after the situation had calmed down, Chen said.
Li agreed to pay compensation on November 5 the same day as the victim's family fired their attorney Zhang Kai, but the family did not receive the money until last Monday.
"I do not care about the money, all I want is to settle the case as fast as possible," Chen said.
Chen said he had not known the sentence would be reduced when he agreed to receive the compensation.
In some situations in China, when compensation is paid, the severity of a punishment may be reduced.
Zhang has kept pressure on officials to take legal action against the culprit, despite being attacked by 10 unidentified men on the evening on December 14 in Beijing, as reported by Shanghai Daily.
Beijing police have said they will track the offenders by identifying footprints and fingerprints on Zhang's car.
In the infamous case, which has stirred heated public discussion across China, Hebei University student Li Qiming killed one female student and injured another in a drunk-driving incident on October 17. Li brazenly claimed his father Li Gang was a local police chief and challenged bystanders to call the police.
He shouted: "Sue me if you dare. My father is Li Gang!" which sparked a public outcry. He was arrested on October 24.
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