Police nab internet user in southern China for posting ‘hate speech’ about dead colleague
Suspect praised violence against police on the day an officer was beaten to death in the line of duty
Police in southern China have tracked down an internet user who confessed to posting hate speech against an officer who was beaten to death while on duty on the day before Lunar New Year and has been portrayed by the authorities as a martyr, the Guangzhou police said yesterday.
According to a screen grab published in Guangzhou’s Xinxi Daily on January 27, the Weibo blogger lukehcen0 shared news that police officer Qu Yuquan had been fatally assaulted by five people at a karaoke bar in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province.
In the caption beneath the news, lukehcen0 wrote : “Anyone who kills or beats up a cop is a hero. Thumbs up!”
Qu, aged 38, and another officer were on patrol on Friday when they responded to a report of a brawl in the bar. Qu was set upon by a group of people and beaten unconscious. He was pronounced dead later in hospital. The report did not say if the other officer was injured.
Qu’s wife is a theatre nurse at the same hospital, and was said to have fainted from shock when told of his death.