Top official tells police to use guns 鈥榣awfully鈥
Print Edition
A TOP security official has called for police to use their guns lawfully, weeks after a shooting raised questions about excessive use of force.
Violent crime and shootings by police are relatively rare in China compared with some other countries but the death of a man during an altercation at a railway station in May provoked outrage on social media with many people complaining of police impunity.
Chinese Vice Public Security Minister Huang Ming has urged police to use their guns lawfully to ensure both their safety and the security of the public.
鈥淧olice involved in violent incidents on the job should use their guns as the law stipulates so as to ensure their own safety while safeguarding the people鈥檚 security,鈥 Huang was quoted as saying on a government website.
鈥淧olice should be fully armored with necessary protective equipment and improve their capability for handling emergencies on the spot,鈥 he said.
Huang did not refer to the May shooting.
He also said police should strengthen 鈥渢echnical and tactical real-battle exercises and skill training鈥 targeting violent crime and crimes related to guns and explosives.
On Wednesday, police said they shot a man who had charged into a queue for tickets holding a brick at a train station in the city of Xi鈥檃n. The man later died.
Huang also called for a crackdown on gun production and trafficking.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
