5 cops in dock over beating of college student
Shanghai Daily, May 19, 2016
Five police officials are facing charges after pictures of a university student in Gansu Province badly beaten up were posted online.
The student, nicknamed Xiaopeng, from Yuzhong County in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, was severely spanked on the buttocks by the police officers in Gansu Province.
The student, nicknamed Xiaopeng, from Yuzhong County in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, was severely spanked on the buttocks by the officers.
Xiaopeng told thepaper.cn that the incident happened on Monday in a restaurant near Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics in Heping Town. He said he was with a friend and they got into a dispute with others over the use of toilet.
Police, who were called in, kicked and dragged his friend into the police car.
Seeing that Xiaopeng was recording the incident on his mobile phone, they asked him to hand over the phone. After he refused he was forcibly taken to Heping Township police station.
There, the duo were slapped hard on the face and whipped with the baton.
Pictures of the badly bruised buttocks were posted online on Tuesday.
On Tuesday night, Yuzhong police confirmed the incident. Police officials Song Dongdong and Wei Dewen, the main culprits, have been detained and three others suspended from their posts. They are the chief and the instructor of the Heping police station and a deputy political commissar from Yuzhong police bureau.
