Recently, a man in Chongqing drove an unlicensed motorcycle into a policeman on duty. He was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a policeman.
This case is the first case in Chongqing where a suspect was arrested for assaulting a police officer.
On the afternoon of March 5, the police from the Traffic Patrol Detachment of Chongqing Yuzhong District set up stuck points on the road to carry out traffic violation rectification.
At about 17:00, Wang drove an unlicensed motorcycle in the reverse direction and did not wear a safety helmet.
The police on duty promptly warned him to stop for inspection. Wang suddenly speeded up his card, knocked down the police on duty and abandoned the car and fled.
Diagnosed by the hospital, the injured policeman had a mild traumatic brain injury, a bruise on the soft tissue of the right frontal and temporal area, and a skin bruise on the right hand.
At about 20 o'clock on March 5, Yuzhong police arrested Wang.
Wang confessed to the crime of driving a motorcycle into a policeman on duty.
Subsequently, Wang was criminally detained by Yuzhong police in accordance with the law.
On March 10, the People's Procuratorate of Yuzhong District arrested Wang on suspicion of assaulting the police according to law.
In recent years, front-line public security policemen have suffered from obstructing law enforcement, violently resisting the law, and spreading rumors and slanders during their law enforcement duties. They not only endanger the personal safety of the police, but also seriously damage the national legal authority and undermine the normal management order of the country. All walks of life have called for severe punishment. Class crime.
On March 1, 2021, the "Criminal Law Amendment (11)" was officially implemented, clarifying that the fifth paragraph of Article 277 of the "Criminal Law" is the crime of assaulting a police officer. The sentence was 7 years.
The relevant person in charge of the Chongqing police stated that the people's police exercise law enforcement powers on behalf of the country and shoulder important responsibilities such as maintaining social public order, protecting the safety of people's lives and property, and maintaining social fairness and justice.
The criminalization of the "crime of assaulting a policeman" will better maintain the law enforcement order of the police, protect the personal safety of the police on duty, and further build a solid line of defense for maintaining the law enforcement authority of the police from the legal level.
The police appealed to the general public to strictly abide by laws and regulations, actively cooperate with the police in law enforcement, and safeguard the authority of the law and the dignity of the rule of law.
(The source of the video of Jia Nan, Chongqing Yuzhong District Police)
Editor in charge: [Tian Boqun]