On August 3, the People’s Court of Conghua District of Guangzhou City announced that the court recently publicly sentenced the man Li assaulted a bus driver in the first instance. Li was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means. Months. 

  At 10 o'clock in the morning on April 21, Li, who drank many bottles of beer, got on a bus in Conghua District, Guangzhou. When getting in the car, Li did not wear a mask as required. For the health of passengers and drivers, bus driver Wang advised Li to wear a mask. During the period, Li thought the mask was too boring, so he tore off the mask, and the driver once again persuaded Li to wear the mask when he saw it.

  When the bus drove to the vicinity of Qixing Stadium, Qixing Road, Conghua District, Guangzhou City, where people and vehicles are crowded, Li suddenly left his seat, walked to the driver’s seat, pointed at the driver Wang, cursed, and hit Wang on the face. Two punches. Upon seeing this, Wang quickly braked and picked up the phone to call the police. During the call, Li continued to beat Wang on the head and yelled to ask to get off the car.

  Because the driver Wang did not open the door, Li walked to the middle of the bus, took off the safety hammer next to the window, and tried to escape by knocking on the window. Seeing that the hole in the car window was not big enough, Li walked to the driver Wang and punched him on the head a few times. After that, he returned to the car and sat down and stopped beating.

  Bus monitoring showed that Li beat the driver Wang with 16 punches on the head. It was identified that Wang’s injuries constituted minor injuries, and the glass damaged by Li was worth 409 yuan.

  The Conghua court held that the defendant Li ignored national laws and beat the driver and slightly injured the driver while the bus was running, endangering public safety in a dangerous way, and his behavior constituted the crime of endangering public safety in a dangerous way. According to regulations, Li was convicted of the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means and sentenced to three years and three months in prison. (Cai Minjie, Liu Jiaxing, Huang Xi, editor Gao Yuhui)

Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]