Chinese police training manual offers tips on the best way to beat up offenders

“In dealing with the subject, take care to leave no blood on the face, no wounds on the body, and no people in the vicinity,” states the manual, entitled Practices of City Administration Enforcement.

[efoods]The book was reportedly designed as a training guide for the Chengguan, a type of police force that is charged with targeting anyone it feels is disrupting the peace, ridding China’s cities of illegal street hawkers and unlicensed taxi cabs, and checking permits.

The Chengguan are widely reviled in China, and their heavy-handed methods frequently result in serious injuries or death. At the end of March, several thousand people in Nanchong, in Sichuan, rioted after a Chengguan officer seriously injured a student.

Three years ago in Shanghai, Chengguan officers beat Li Binghao, a 39-year-old man who intervened in a dispute, to death, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. “Officials who use violence are rarely investigated or held accountable,” said the goup China Human Rights Defenders in reference to the Chengguan.

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This article was posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 12:41 pm

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