Behind Harbin’s online car-hailing encounter with fishing law enforcement: the passenger was a public official, and the law enforcement personnel involved were punished
Cover reporter Zeng Ye
If you are refused to smoke in an online car-hailing car, the passenger will report it on the grounds that the driver does not have a certificate. The car-hailing driver suspected of encountering “phishing law enforcement” immediately posted the relevant video to social platforms, and the competent authorities immediately intervened.
On June 13, Songbei District, Harbin City handled the incident and issued an official notice. According to the report, Yang Moumou, the passenger involved, was a borrower of the Harbin Songbei District Transportation Bureau, and he has been dismissed; both law enforcement officers received serious warnings from the party and were transferred from law enforcement positions. The cover news reporter noticed that Zhou Moumou and Zhong Mou, the law enforcement officers of the Transportation Management Station of the Transportation Bureau, who were dealt with this time, have all been punished before.
After the incident, netizens suspected that Yang Moumou, the passenger involved, was an executive of Harbin Shangxing Online Car-hailing Service Co., Ltd., but the company’s staff said that the two were not the same person. On June 14, the cover news reporter learned from people familiar with the matter that before being borrowed, Yang Moumou worked in the Songbei District Collection Office. Some netizens also found that the watch worn by law enforcement officer Zhou Moumou is suspected to be a Rolex brand, which is of great value.
Screenshot of in-car video released by the car-hailing driver involved
Passengers denied smoking in car
Threatened on the spot “to clean him up”
The relevant video released by the online car-hailing driver showed that on the evening of June 11, the passenger in the co-pilot tried to smoke in the car, but the driver refused to take out his mobile phone and called: “Go back to the bureau, brother, I will call a car. , I don’t have a business license, nor an online appointment license. It’s a small black car, if I want to go home and won’t let me smoke, then I’ll clean it up… I’ll let you know me later…”
Afterwards, the passenger continued to make a phone call and asked the “brother” how to punish the black car. The other party replied “fine 5,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan”. personnel”, adding that a fine can be collected first, “Tomorrow the legal approval will be over, why are you in a hurry”. The driver asked the passenger, “Which unit is it from?” The man replied, “I am an enthusiastic citizen.”
After the car-hailing car drove to the “station” in the mouth of the passengers, two law enforcement officers came to the scene, one of them in uniform and the other in ordinary clothes. Both their work certificates show that they are staff members of the “Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Songbei District, Harbin”, and the “law enforcement type” is traffic law enforcement.
After investigation, the online car-hailing driver had complete documents, and the passenger’s report was invalid. The passenger questioned the driver at the scene: “You have procedures, why do you say no?” The driver replied: “Why should I tell you? What is your identity?”
A recording of the call with the passenger released by the driver of the online ride-hailing service showed that the driver refused to meet him and asked why he had to make a personal phone call instead of a landline when reporting. In this regard, the passenger did not answer directly, saying, “I have something to say.”
Yang Moumou, a passenger involved in online car-hailing
Multiple people are processed
Two law enforcement officers were previously disciplined
On June 13, the Songbei District of Harbin City dealt with the incident of “passenger smoking was stopped and called to law enforcement officers”. According to a report on China Communications News’ Weibo “Traffic Release”, in response to the incident, a special investigation team was established in Songbei District, Harbin City, to carry out investigations in accordance with laws and regulations.
According to the report, the online car-hailing passenger involved Yang Moumou, a borrower from the Transportation Bureau of Songbei District, Harbin City, has been cleared and the relevant personnel have been dealt with severely.
In the process of law enforcement, the relevant staff of the transportation management station of Songbei District Transportation Bureau have problems with law enforcement procedures and law enforcement behaviors. personnel are dealt with seriously. The District Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau and the Party Group of the District Judicial Bureau were ordered to make written inspections and make rectifications.
Zhong Mou, the law enforcement officer involved, was not wearing uniform that night
At the same time, Zhou Moumou and Zhong Mou, the law enforcement officers of the transportation management station of the District Transportation Bureau, were given serious warnings from the party and transferred from their law enforcement positions. The responsible persons of the competent department and relevant departments shall be dealt with warnings, admonitions and conversations, inspection orders, criticism and education, respectively, within the party.
The cover reporter found that the two law enforcement officers involved, Zhou Moumou and Zhong Mou, had also been punished before. On August 16, 2019, Harbin City reported on the investigation and handling of two typical cases of non-responsibility and inaction infringing the interests of the masses. Bureau) Zhou Moumou, a staff member of the Transportation Management Station, was given a warning from the party, and Zhong Mou, a staff member of the Transportation Management Station, was given a government demerit punishment.
The certificate worn by the law enforcement officer Zhong Mou involved in the incident
Passengers have special status?
People familiar with the matter said he was indeed a public official
In addition to publishing the relevant video, the online car-hailing driver involved also commented through the video, believing that the passenger who reported him, Yang Moumou, knew law enforcement officers and suspected that he was a public official. In this regard, he questioned whether it is appropriate for public officials to smoke in public transport, and their reporting behavior is suspected of retaliation.
According to the information retrieved by Aiqicha, Yang Moumou, an executive of Harbin Shangxing Online Car-hailing Service Co., Ltd., has the same name as the passenger involved. According to this, some netizens suspect that the two are the same person, “The passenger knew that the online car-hailing requires a business license and an online-hailing qualification certificate, and after he finished the phone call, there really was a law enforcement officer in uniform and with a certificate. When the personnel arrive at the scene, it may be difficult to convince the public that they have no special identity.”
On June 14, the cover reporter contacted Harbin Shangxing Online Car-hailing Service Co., Ltd., and the staff of the other party said that the company did have a manager surnamed Yang who had the same name as the passenger involved, “but these two people are not the same. People, what happened that night has nothing to do with our company.” Local industry insiders and staff of the market supervision department also said that the passenger involved Yang Moumou was not an employee of Harbin Shangxing Online Car-hailing Service Co., Ltd.
According to a local person familiar with the matter in Harbin, Yang Moumou, an online car-hailing passenger involved, is indeed a public official. Before being borrowed by the Transportation Bureau of Songbei District, Harbin, he worked in the collection office in Songbei District.
The watch worn by Zhou Moumou, the law enforcement officer involved, attracts attention
Sky-priced watches attract attention
Systemic corruption in law enforcement
After the official announcement of handling, many netizens revealed that the watch worn by law enforcement officer Zhou Moumou that night was suspected to be a Rolex brand, and the style was a green “Water Ghost”. The cheapest one had a market price of more than 100,000 yuan. Some are over 200,000 yuan.
The watch worn by Zhou Moumou has attracted heated discussions among netizens. “Can he afford such a luxury item with his salary?” “If this watch is fake, it’s unbelievable. I don’t believe that public officials will wear a fake watch.” , in order to reduce the fine or not be fined, do not rule out the possibility of giving money privately.”
The cover news reporter found that between 2017 and 2018, Harbin City has investigated and dealt with two cases involving traffic, traffic police system law enforcement officials and public officials acting as “protective umbrellas”. “China News Weekly” once reported that in the two cases, the people involved had a “clear division of labor, clearly marked prices, and mutual protection”, and the state’s law enforcement agencies had become a “business field”. Shocking.
According to reports, on June 26, 2017, the “6?” task force was established by Harbin City to crack down on illegally operating vehicles and strictly investigate the “protective umbrella” behind it. On November 13 of that year, the Harbin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervision Bureau issued a notice saying that a total of 129 party members, cadres and staff from transportation and other departments were investigated and dealt with as “protective umbrellas” for illegally operating taxis. The operator intercedes and accepts favors.”
On June 25, 2018, the Harbin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision publicly announced another case: 122 leading cadres and public officials acted as “protective umbrellas” for the “crazy truck”. 108 people, including as many as 100 traffic police. Two days later, the Harbin Public Security Bureau held a warning education conference and decided to make the annual “June 25” as the overall “warning education day”.