The central authorities have always given top priority to the work of cracking down on violations of social order and fighting against gang crimes and their protective umbrellas. The common denominator is that they are accused of having used their power to make profits, and acting as protective umbrellas for criminal gangs, intimidating, beating and even illegally detaining people.
Those who have been reported include previous village officials, leaders of public security departments, and the head of the construction bureau. The Global Times found that more than 10 Tangshan residents showed their real-name reports on social media in the past three days. The police officer noted that the government has clearly expressed the determination to remediate evil forces and gang activities. Since the start of "Thunderstorm," the public security, prosecutorial and legal organs have sent permanent staff to assist grassroots-level workers in handling cases, another police officer who asked for anonymity in the Diaoyutai sub-district told the Global Times. A Global Times reporter also dialed no less than 15 times, but the lines were always busy.Īn officer at a police station in Tangshan's Hancheng sub-district told the Global Times on Tuesday that the station was very busy, with one person answering calls from the public 24 hours a day and recording reports. Some people arrived at 7 am and waited for four hours. Tuesday marked the third day of the special campaign dubbed "Thunderstorm," which targets illegal acts such as fighting, insulting women, extortion, gambling, drug use as well as dereliction of duty and cover-ups of crimes.Īt some of the city's public security bureaus, more than 100 people sat by the roadside, waiting in line to report their misfortunes to the police, according to media reports. The city, an industrial powerhouse in North China's Hebei Province about 175 kilometers from Beijing, opened new landline and mobile phone channels to address complaints after locals said the previous contact number was not available and there weren't enough channels for reports. The deep-rooted issues exposed in the latest violent attack proved that persistent efforts need to be made to root out gang crimes and evil deeds. Observers believed that the case also serves to test and prove the city's resolve and will to eradicate a chronic problem of social governance. The city leaders later came to the grassroot-level police stations, stressing the need to strengthen round-the-clock duty, strengthen patrols and encourage police forces to embed themselves in communities to ensure social security and stability. At 1 am on Wednesday, Tangshan's Party secretary Wu Weidong, mayor Tian Guoliang inspected the "Thunderstorm" commanding center, and stressed the police "should not let go of any problem clue," and "zero tolerance" to all kinds of illegal crimes.
Tangshan, which is mired in broad questions on the city's governance capability and efforts in fighting gang crimes, updated its hotlines to facilitate tip-offs on crimes as its latest special campaign against crimes has attracted flocks of locals to police stations in the wake of a brutal assault in a barbecue restaurant, which shocked the nation as it was at odds with a broader safe national context.Ĭity leaders expressed great concern. Tangshan launches a special campaign against crimes dubbed "Thunderstorm." Photo:VCG Global Times reporter covering international affairs, cross-Straits relations and Chinese society a captive of his experiences.Wang Qi Published: 12:47 AM 11:47:43 分类： yupoo boostmasterlin 阅读(9954)ĬHINA / SOCIETY Tangshan updates hotlines to facilitate tip-offs on gang crimes 'time to test city's resolve' to eradicate chronic problem of social governance By Wang Qi
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