Microblog helps catch murderers
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December 2, 2010, Thursday
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POLICE in an east China city said yesterday that their microblog helped them catch the suspect murderers of a three-year-old girl - her parents.
The murder is the first publicly reported to be solved with the help of Chinese microbloggers.
The girl's parents have confessed to murdering their daughter and then dumping the body in the sea off Xiamen City, said Lu Zhicheng, spokesman for the public security bureau of Xiamen, Fujian Province.
Photos of police arresting the couple on the official microblog of Xiamen police - t.sina.com/xmpolice - continue to attract comments. The faces of the couple were blacked out in the photos.
The police microblog has 25,202 fans, or microbloggers, who receive updates from it. Police posted a photo of the girl's body on the microblog on November 23, nine days after it was discovered on a beach.
A 5,000 yuan (US$750) reward was offered for information that helped identify the body. The photo was transmitted to more than 10,000 microbloggers and drew over 2,000 comments.
The police received about 100 pieces of information from microbloggers which helped them to identify the girl and track down her parents in Jiangxi Province.
"An Internet user recognized the child and helped us connect with her grandfather, who told us the whereabouts of the girl's parents," said local police officer Liu Dongqiang.
The parents had not reported the child missing, which was unusual and aroused suspicion, Liu added.
"Our microblog received a lot of hits on Monday and Tuesday when the suspects were arrested and confessed to the crime," Liu said.
Liu and his colleagues worked day and night to communicate with the microbloggers. "Their passion greatly encouraged us. We are excited and proud that people care about and recognize our work."
The case was a good start and Xiamen's police will continue to ask microbloggers for help to solve cases, Lu said.
Microblogs have become popular with policemen in China. The first official police microblog was launched by officers in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, in February.
The murder is the first publicly reported to be solved with the help of Chinese microbloggers.
The girl's parents have confessed to murdering their daughter and then dumping the body in the sea off Xiamen City, said Lu Zhicheng, spokesman for the public security bureau of Xiamen, Fujian Province.
Photos of police arresting the couple on the official microblog of Xiamen police - t.sina.com/xmpolice - continue to attract comments. The faces of the couple were blacked out in the photos.
The police microblog has 25,202 fans, or microbloggers, who receive updates from it. Police posted a photo of the girl's body on the microblog on November 23, nine days after it was discovered on a beach.
A 5,000 yuan (US$750) reward was offered for information that helped identify the body. The photo was transmitted to more than 10,000 microbloggers and drew over 2,000 comments.
The police received about 100 pieces of information from microbloggers which helped them to identify the girl and track down her parents in Jiangxi Province.
"An Internet user recognized the child and helped us connect with her grandfather, who told us the whereabouts of the girl's parents," said local police officer Liu Dongqiang.
The parents had not reported the child missing, which was unusual and aroused suspicion, Liu added.
"Our microblog received a lot of hits on Monday and Tuesday when the suspects were arrested and confessed to the crime," Liu said.
Liu and his colleagues worked day and night to communicate with the microbloggers. "Their passion greatly encouraged us. We are excited and proud that people care about and recognize our work."
The case was a good start and Xiamen's police will continue to ask microbloggers for help to solve cases, Lu said.
Microblogs have become popular with policemen in China. The first official police microblog was launched by officers in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, in February.
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