Jinan Protest Triggers Police Response

(Beijing) – Over 500 people protested the beating of an elderly vendor in Jinan, Shandong Province after a blogger posted a message reporting that a prison officer and her husband beat a woman in the street. The prison officer and her husband were sentenced to a 15-day detention for causing injuries to the elderly woman, according to the local public security bureau.

(The crowd surrounding the prison guard, August 17. Photo by iqilu.com)

According to a local news outlet, the uniformed female officer, named Lin, was having a dispute with a street vendor, named Xie, the owner of a bike repair station, after a disagreement broke out among those waiting in line to have bikes repaired.