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Saturday, 22 August 2009
Chongqing triads put 12m yuan price on police chief’s head
Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun is at the centre of the municipality’s efforts to take on the triads - and his efforts appear to be well directed if the gangsters’ response is anything to go by.
Chongqing triads put 12m yuan price on police chief’s head
Al Guo and Choi Chi-yuk in Chongqing 22 August 2009
Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun is at the centre of the municipality’s efforts to take on the triads - and his efforts appear to be well directed if the gangsters’ response is anything to go by.
A person familiar with Chongqing crime gangs said criminal bosses had put a 12 million yuan (HK$13.6 million) bounty on Mr. Wang’s head. It is impossible to verify the accuracy of this claim, but the threat reflects the depth of feeling the police campaign has generated among those targeted.
And it is not the first time Mr. Wang has been a target of gangsters. The police chief himself once admitted he had heard about the bounty.
A Chongqing police official who works for Mr. Wang said the police chief lived and worked within the municipal public security bureau’s secure complex, which should offer protection from any potential retaliation.
His family is in Liaoning, where he was chief of police in the city of Jinzhou, and they were under tight protection, the official said.
Mr. Wang is a legendary figure who has reportedly arrested more than 800 criminals in his 20-plus years as a police officer, and he has the knife and gunshot wound scars to verify his hands-on approach.
He once said in a television interview that some gangsters had put a 5 million yuan price on his head during a police crackdown in Liaoning, though he joked “it was far more than my head was worth”.
So far, Mr. Wang and his team have snared more than 1,500 people in Chongqing, ranging from gangsters to officials and police officers. The biggest fish to be caught was justice department chief Wen Qiang.
Mr. Wang brought his renowned hard-driving approach to police work in Chongqing, and has demanded a crime-solving rate above 90 per cent.
That requirement has meant long hours and short vacations for police officers, a situation that has worsened since the crackdown began.
Police at all levels have been working around the clock in recent weeks, with many fearful they could be caught up in the crackdown.
On Wednesday, party chief Bo Xilai visited a police station and reiterated his unreserved support for the crackdown on triad members, as well as for his hand-picked police chief.
The story, which was published on the municipality’s official website, showed Mr. Bo walking with Mr. Wang along a Chongqing street lined with police officers. Mr. Bo told the officers that he sincerely appreciated their “hard work and unselfish contribution” in past weeks and urged them to keep up their good work.
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Chongqing triads put 12m yuan price on police chief’s head
Al Guo and Choi Chi-yuk in Chongqing
22 August 2009
Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun is at the centre of the municipality’s efforts to take on the triads - and his efforts appear to be well directed if the gangsters’ response is anything to go by.
A person familiar with Chongqing crime gangs said criminal bosses had put a 12 million yuan (HK$13.6 million) bounty on Mr. Wang’s head. It is impossible to verify the accuracy of this claim, but the threat reflects the depth of feeling the police campaign has generated among those targeted.
And it is not the first time Mr. Wang has been a target of gangsters. The police chief himself once admitted he had heard about the bounty.
A Chongqing police official who works for Mr. Wang said the police chief lived and worked within the municipal public security bureau’s secure complex, which should offer protection from any potential retaliation.
His family is in Liaoning, where he was chief of police in the city of Jinzhou, and they were under tight protection, the official said.
Mr. Wang is a legendary figure who has reportedly arrested more than 800 criminals in his 20-plus years as a police officer, and he has the knife and gunshot wound scars to verify his hands-on approach.
He once said in a television interview that some gangsters had put a 5 million yuan price on his head during a police crackdown in Liaoning, though he joked “it was far more than my head was worth”.
So far, Mr. Wang and his team have snared more than 1,500 people in Chongqing, ranging from gangsters to officials and police officers. The biggest fish to be caught was justice department chief Wen Qiang.
Mr. Wang brought his renowned hard-driving approach to police work in Chongqing, and has demanded a crime-solving rate above 90 per cent.
That requirement has meant long hours and short vacations for police officers, a situation that has worsened since the crackdown began.
Police at all levels have been working around the clock in recent weeks, with many fearful they could be caught up in the crackdown.
On Wednesday, party chief Bo Xilai visited a police station and reiterated his unreserved support for the crackdown on triad members, as well as for his hand-picked police chief.
The story, which was published on the municipality’s official website, showed Mr. Bo walking with Mr. Wang along a Chongqing street lined with police officers. Mr. Bo told the officers that he sincerely appreciated their “hard work and unselfish contribution” in past weeks and urged them to keep up their good work.
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