Foshan Special Forces Releases ‘Highlight Reel’ of Arrests
If you've ever wondered what a Chinese version of the American TV show COPS would be like, today is your lucky day. One of the most viewed and commented on videos of today shows Foshan's self-styled "Interpol #8″ special forces team kicking butt and taking names — cruising the streets in search of crime on a myriad of motorcycles and scooters. Part awe-inspiring and part amusing, it's not hard to see how this video amassed over 400,000 views and 3,000+ comments in the past 24 hours.
Video From Youku:
Foshan Public Security's "Interpol No. 8″s Latest Masterpiece
In 2011, the Foshan Public Security "Interpol No. 8″ is still the first line of defense against street crime. With sweat and blood they defend the peace of the people, with youthfulness they do not regret their choice, they give their love to the hotspots in Foshan. This is the 2011 frontline assault to combat street crime, with these video clips dedicated to all the workers. Work is the most glorious!
Comments from Youku:
牙医阿波:
[I] salute [you], NB guys.
透明的杯子_0001:
An international city still using motorcycles to catch criminals, they'd be an international laughingstock.
WC的真谛 (responding to above):
Does your car have the same flexibility as a motorcycle?
看天放2B:
Foshan is dangerous! Needing guns when catching thieves.
反对后谈话:
Aiya, Foshan has a lot of great cops, so much bravery, our city cops at most just bully the commmoners.
一大堆毛毛虫:
Always just "treating the symptoms and not the disease". If you just spent some more money on education and put more heart into society, the lives of the people, and on welfare, would we still have these things?
追非少:
Apparently Foshan is really dangerous, I no longer dare to go there.
弧单的一个人 (responding to above):
It's not dangerous, it's just our loveable police bravely facing this kind of crime. What about where you live, haha I'll stop here.
Crazy小炜:
Ai, they're all like this, so violent! Pulling hair, hitting people, everything!
苑志国 (responding to above):
Go take a look at American police, there is also a lot like this, and there are even more violent examples. Police are also people, who must first protect their own safety. When evil-doers use violence, police have to use violence too. Someone said that evil-doers and criminals also have personal rights. Yes, they do, but you broke the law. Do is it possible for criminals to have the same rights as law-abiding citizens?
夏天冰冻:
After watching I feel really shocked/stunned, the music fit perfectly. But after watching I'm left wondering why our police are equipped with such crappy motorcycles.
现实主义c:
Foshan people are really wild/savage.
傀儡娃娃P:
Fuck your motherfucking promotional video. I've worked here [in Foshan] two years and have already lost four cellphones, all from motorcycle thieves.
佛山早晨 (responding to above):
I've lived in Foshan more than 10 years, and have never been robbed once. Neither have my friends. [Note: this is the original poster of the video]
What do you think? Should these crime-fighting methods be deployed across all of China, or are they too extreme?
China SMACK
Police have confiscated more than 77 million drug capsules made from toxic industrial gelatin and shut down 80 illegal production lines across the country, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday.
Nine suspects in seven cases have been arrested and 45 others believed to have been involved in the production of medicine capsules containing excessive levels of chromium have been detained.
"The ministry has organized police forces in Zhejiang, Hebei and Jiangxi provinces to work jointly with the State Food and Drug Administration to crack the gelatin cases soon," it said.
A government official and two employees at the Hebei Xueyang Glair Gelatin Factory were held over the weekend in connection with a fire at a gelatin plant, the ministry said.
Song Jiangxin, former chairman of the National People's Congress of Wangji Village in Hebei's Fucheng County and Song Xunjie, sales manager of the Xueyang Glair factory, are said to have encouraged Liu Aiguo, who worked at the plant, to start a fire to destroy evidence following a claim on April 15 by China Central Television that the plant provided industrial gelatin to a capsule producer in Zhejiang Province.
Song Haixin, legal representative of the factory and brother of Song Jiangxin, was also said to have been involved in the plot, Xinhua news agency said.
"Song Jiangxin hoped that this fire would destroy computers, account books and files in the plant, and destroy any connections to the scandal," the Hebei public security department said.
The Xinhua report said that Liu initially escaped by using the back gate of the plant before he was apprehended.
Song Jianxin and Song Xunjie have been detained while Liu has been arrested on suspicion of arson.
The factory was established in 2004 with registered capital of 2.1 million yuan (US$332,592), and had an annual production capacity of 280 tons, employing 32 workers.
Its products, mainly industrial gelatin, were sold to other factories in Beijing, Changzhou and Xiamen cities, as well as buyers in Zhejiang, Xinhua said.
The State Food and Drug Administration confirmed at the weekend that it had sent more inspection teams to investigate the scandal and establish who is responsible.
Inspection teams from several departments, including the police, health authorities and supervision agencies, have been sent to Zhejiang, Hebei and Jiangxi provinces to supervise the investigation, the drug administration body said.
Supervision agencies have begun investigations into officials who may have neglected their duties, it added.
The administration promised its findings would be made public.
The scandal came to light after the report broadcast on China Central Television which claimed that several companies were using industrial gelatin to make medicine capsules.
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