Chinese officials given a rocket over ‘Wanted’ posters for firework bandits
Team set up to enforce ban on firecrackers reprimanded for putting bounty on suspects’ heads
A team of officials tasked with enforcing a firework ban in a central Chinese county have been admonished for putting up “Wanted” posters for two alleged offenders, according to a Shanghai-based news website.
Several notices printed with photographs of the suspects and offering a 10,000 yuan (US$1,600) reward for information leading to their arrest were put up in a residential estate in Shuangfeng county in Hunan province on Friday, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Thepaper.cn reported.
The posters also appealed to the alleged culprits to hand themselves over to the authorities.
“Justice has long arms. We hope the persons involved can identify their own mistakes and turn themselves in for a more lenient treatment,” they said.
In Chinese culture it is traditional to light fireworks and firecrackers during the Lunar New Year celebrations to scare away evil spirits and bad fortune from the previous year.