China News Service, Xishuangbanna, March 30th (Zeng Yuxiang and Li Ximei) On the 30th, in the Menglong Martyrs Cemetery in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, the "People's Heroes Memorial Tower" 7 golden characters shone brightly, solemn banners, white Flowers are particularly conspicuous, and rows of PLA officers and soldiers and public security officers dressed in uniforms lined up neatly and solemnly.

Anti-drug hero Cai Xiaodong is about to be buried on the border line he is most familiar with.

  At 15:00, the burial ceremony began, and the soldiers of the ceremony held up the martyrs' urns covered with the national flag and walked from the gate of the cemetery to the front of the memorial tower.

Officers and soldiers on both sides, police officers, representatives of local units, and representatives of relatives of martyrs watched quietly.

The picture shows the scene of the funeral ceremony of the martyr Cai Xiaodong.

Photo courtesy of Xishuangbanna Border Management Detachment

  At the burial ceremony, the executive deputy director of the Jinghong Municipal People's Congress read out to Yongming the Yunnan Provincial People's Government's Reply on Approving Comrade Cai Xiaodong as a Martyr.

Qi Wenyu, the party secretary and leader of the Xishuangbanna Border Management Detachment, introduced the life of the martyr from the unit before Cai Xiaodong's death.

  Martyr Cai Xiaodong has been fighting for a long time on the 996.3-square-kilometer border in Xishuangbanna, at the forefront of the anti-drug battlefield, guarding the stability of the border, social peace and people's happiness.

On December 4, 2021, Cai Xiaodong, deputy captain of the law enforcement and investigation team of the Xishuangbanna Border Management Detachment at the Yunnan Entry-Exit Frontier Inspection Station, fought to the death with the gunmen in the process of arresting drug dealers on the front line of the border. He was seriously injured and died heroically.

  Cai Xiaodong has been in the work for 15 years and has been engaged in anti-drug work for 13 years.

Participated in the investigation and handling of 247 drug cases, participated in 358 special anti-drug operations, arrested 249 suspects, and seized 1,609.56 kilograms of drugs. Due to his outstanding anti-drug performance, he has been awarded first-class merit, second-class merit, and third-class merit each time. He has won many awards, outstanding police officers, and advanced individuals on duty in law enforcement.

The picture shows the scene of the funeral ceremony of the martyr Cai Xiaodong.

Photo courtesy of Xishuangbanna Border Management Detachment

  The sacrificial text said that after the sacrifice, Cai Xiaodong returned to the frontier where he struggled all his life.

His story will also be passed down in the land of Xishuangbanna forever.

Martyr Cai Xiaodong is immortal!

  "Heroes can only be born by advocating heroes, and heroes can be produced by striving to be heroes." After Cai Xiaodong's sacrifice, the Yunnan Provincial People's Government assessed Comrade Cai Xiaodong as a martyr, and posthumously awarded him the titles of "Outstanding Communist Party Member of Yunnan Province" and "Yunling Model". The Communist Youth League of Yunnan Province Committee and Yunnan Provincial Youth Federation posthumously awarded the "May Fourth Medal of Yunnan Youth".

The Central Political and Legal Committee issued a notice calling on the majority of party members and cadres to learn from Comrade Cai Xiaodong.

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