Across China: Guangdong

Death not 'martyr' status

The traffic police bureau of Shenzhen has suspended Xie Feiyong, a traffic police captain in Baoan district, from his duty for his random decision to bestow the honor of "martyr" to an officer who died after drinking too much alcohol.

The police reiterated that Xie did not get official approval to make that designation. However, the family of the dead man still argued with the bureau that the officer died in the line of duty.