Not often we report a crime and punishment story but this report in the UK Guardian picked up from the Chengdu Economic Times illustrates
How conscientious police chief Laobu Laluo has been when upholding the rule of law..
Tania Branigan reports…
Police chief Laobu Laluo prides himself on dispensing justice unflinchingly — whoever the criminal may be.
Alas, his commitment to upholding the law seems matched only by his relatives’ dedication to breaking it. In a decade-long career he has arrested no fewer than 48 of them, for crimes ranging from assault and theft to blackmail.
Twenty five of those, including his own brother, have been jailed, sentenced to re-education through labour or penalised in other ways.
Other offenders include cousins and numerous members of his wife’s family. Furious relatives have accused him of making them lose face, threatened his parents and even attacked the family cattle, cutting off their tails and slashing their legs. But the director of the Heizhugou town police station in Leishan city, Sichuan province, is unbowed by the pressure.
Full story at..http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/11/china-police-family-arrests
Not many of us would arrest and ensure the conviction of a sibling ( ok maybe if they are really annoying!) especially knowing the Chinese penal system.
