Illegal motorcyclist dies after being held

A 42-year-old unlicensed motorcyclist died of brainstem hemorrhage on Monday after being held by staff of the Daxing district urban administration, known as chengguan, the administration has said.

A police officer surnamed Wang from Daxing police told METRO yesterday the investigation is still under way and they are waiting for the results of a postmortem examination. He declined to give further details.

Zhu Hefang, from Henan province, was stopped by staff of the Daxing urban administration at 10 am on Monday. Zhu was waiting to pick up customers as a motorcycle taxi driver with four others parked near a newsstand on Longhe road, Daxing district.