Two Arrested After Pollution Inspector’s Death

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By Noelle Mateer / Dec 03, 2018 12:06 PM / Environment

The city of Wenling. Photo: VCG

Police have detained two people in Eastern China’s Zhejiang province in connection to the death of a pollution inspector, China Daily reported Monday.

The inspector, Chen Ben, 30, was investigating pollution in the city of Wenling when he was run over with a car and killed on Saturday night, according to a WeChat post from local authorities.

Police have now detained two suspects, surnamed Wang and Jiang, who were in the car when the alleged crime occurred.

The police department’s post had been viewed over 100,000 times by Sunday afternoon, with many netizens commenting to express their disgust with the suspects, according to China Daily.

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