China food delivery rider treated ‘like a dog’ by security guard using riot control device
- Crowd control ‘fork’ employed by guard to restrain food delivery man trying to complete order at residential compound
A security guard in China has triggered outrage by using a riot control device to lock the ankle of a delivery rider, prompting accusations that he treated him “like a dog”.
The incident, which was filmed by a passer-by, took place on July 23 in a residential compound in central China’s Hubei province.
Footage shows the security guard using a riot control device shaped like an extended fork to restrain a Meituan food delivery worker by one of his ankles.
The guard said it was a punishment for the rider trying to enter the compound without his consent.
The passer-by, who claimed to be a courier himself, asked the restrained rider to call the police, and told off the guard by saying: “He is a human, not an animal”.
The compound’s property management company has admitted that the guard’s actions were wrong and asked him to apologise to the delivery rider.