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Sanity -> RE: "building a harmonious society" (7/22/2010 6:37:18 AM)
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Reuters didn't mention the fact that the victim was elderly:
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Outrage as ‘Wrong-Beating-Gate’ Scandal Breaks
After beating an elderly woman in broad daylight for 16 minutes, the six plainclothes policemen realized they had made a serious mistake — on video.
The assault took place when Chen Yulian tried to enter the main gate of Hubei provincial government office buildings in Wuhan. Chen, 58, is the wife of a Hubei provincial committee official.
“It was a mistake, a complete mistake. We were not aware that we had beaten the wife of an important official,” the policemen said.
This bizarre apology, suggesting that such beatings are OK if they aren’t administered to VIPs, triggered an avalanche of public denunciation. Chinese news articles, blogs and forums voiced their disapproval at what is being called “Wrong Beating–Gate” (打错门).
“So as long as it’s no one important, beating is acceptable behavior?” asked one Internet user, commenting on photos of a bruised Chen lying in a hospital bed. “Is this democracy? Is this rule of law? Is this justice?” another comment reads.
This is a “harmonious society,” a sarcastic poster notes, playing off of President Hu Jintao’s famous slogan.
Some critics see broad social implications. “Just punishing a few policemen will not be enough,” one Chinese news headline declares. In a Shanghai Daily editorial, columnist Wang Yong agrees, saying: “Instead of tossing out these bad apples [the police] one by one, it would be better to ask: Who hired them and enabled them to work against the people?”
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/07/22/outrage-as-wrong-beating-gate-scandal-breaks/
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