BEIJING Armed hoot police in southern China have paraded four contended violators of Covid rules through the thoroughfares, state media reported Wednesday, leading to review of the government’s heavy-handed approach China banned similar public smirching of felonious suspects in 2010 after decades of campaigning by mortal rights activists, but the practice has resurfaced as original governments struggle to apply the public zero-Covid policy Four masked suspects in hazmat suits– carrying posters displaying their prints and names– were paraded Tuesday in front of a large crowd in Guangxi region’s Jingxi megacity, state- run Guangxi News said Prints of the event showed each suspect held by two police officers– wearing face securities, masks and hazmat suits– and girdled by a circle of police in hoot gear, some holding ordnance The four were indicted of transporting illegal settlers while China’s borders remain largely closed due to the epidemic, the review said.
Jingxi is near the Chinese border with Vietnam The public smirching was part of correctional measures blazoned by the original government in August to discipline those breaking health rules Guangxi News said the cortege handed a” real- life warning”to the public, and” dissuaded border- related crimes” But it also led to a counterreaction, with sanctioned outlets and social media druggies criticising the heavyhanded approach Although Jingxi is”under tremendous pressure”to help imported coronavirus cases,”the measure seriously violates the spirit of the rule of law and can not be allowed to be again,”Chinese Communist Party- combined Beijing News said Wednesday Other suspects indicted of lawless smuggling and mortal trafficking have also been paraded in recent months, according to reports on the Jingxi government website Vids of a analogous cortege in November showed a crowd of people watching two captures being held while a original functionary read out their crimes on a microphone They were also seen marching through the thoroughfares in their hazmat suits, adjoined by police in hoot gear And in August, dozens of fortified police were seen marching a suspect through the thoroughfares to a children’s playground.