Guangdong police say they have arrested more than 2,000 people as a result of Asian Games security measures designed to ensure a trouble-free event.
He Guangping, deputy chief of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, said yesterday that 1,740 criminal suspects and 207 wanted criminals had been arrested and nearly two million fireworks and 6.5kg of dangerous chemicals seized. The authorities have also arrested 196 people trying to sell marked-up Asian Games tickets.
He said that nearly 200 security checkpoints had been established and that by Tuesday more than 438,000 police had checked more than 2.8 million cars and nearly 5.4 million passengers.
He said the authorities had done their utmost to crack down on security risks as well as fire safety loopholes by thorough inspection.
'From the top of the public security department down to the heads of district police branches, we are checking to identify hidden risks every single day,' he said.
'It is as if we're walking on thin ice because we are doing everything we can to detect security loopholes.'