Dongtai officials publicly apologize for "10 tons of pork was picked up within the territory": regret, blame

  The Paper's chief reporter Yue Huairang and intern Lin Yizhen

  The news that "10 tons of pork was looted in Dongtai City, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province due to a rollover" has recently attracted public attention. The Propaganda Department of Dongtai Municipal Party Committee apologized on August 10 through the online platform.

  According to previous reports by The Paper, some netizens recently posted on Weibo that they "pulled ten tons of pork, the car had an accident on the highway, and the scattered pork was looted by local people, leaving only three tons of ten tons of goods." The communication situation is that the remaining cargo insurance company gives discounts for compensation, and the cargo insurance company that is lost and robbed cannot settle the claim."

  The report mentioned that the user also marked the geographical coordinates of the incident on the Weibo as Fu'an Town, Dongtai City, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province.

  At 15:00 on August 10, the official WeChat public account of the Dongtai Public Security Bureau of Yancheng, Jiangsu Yancheng Dongtai Public Security WeChat Police issued a police report saying: At 4 o'clock in the morning on August 4, 2020, Shandong driver Qiu Moumou drove Lu K7* ***Heavy vans loaded with frozen pork. A traffic accident occurred along the Shenhai Expressway from south to north to 1090KM. Part of the frozen pork carried by the vehicle was scattered on the rural road under the viaduct and was picked up by nearby and passing people. After receiving the alarm, the public security organs immediately organized investigations and handling work and recovered some of the scattered frozen pork. The public security organs will severely deal with persons suspected of violating the law. Currently, relevant investigations are underway.

  On the evening of the 10th, The Paper reporter noticed that the official WeChat account of the Dongtai Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department published an article "Sincere Apologies": "Let everyone wait a long time. Xiaodong apologizes most sincerely to everyone and bows deeply. All of us I have been working hard: at 4 o'clock in the morning on August 4, an accident occurred in a vehicle transporting frozen pork, which caused part of the frozen pork to be scattered on rural roads under the viaduct and picked up by nearby and passing people. After receiving an alarm at noon on August 7 The public security organs immediately started their work, and with the active cooperation of local towns and villages cadres and groups, they have recovered some of the scattered frozen pork. At present, relevant investigations are still ongoing."

  The above-mentioned official WeChat account of the Dongtai Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department stated in the apology: "What Xiaodong wants to say is that apart from regretting this incident, we deeply blame ourselves and we accept criticism and supervision from the media and netizens. But please also Don’t worry, Dongtai is a beautiful ancient city, and the people of Dongtai have been doing good things since ancient times."

  The Paper News reporter noticed that after the Dongtai official apologized, they also mentioned exemplary cases such as Dongtai border policeman Yin Zihui who successfully saved the lives of 47 teachers and students, and Dongtai postal worker Sun Lijuan who braved the wind and snow to collect 30,000 yuan.