Death of detainee shows malpractice of guards

IN DECEMBER, a detainee at a local detention center in Gan'gu county, Northwest China's Gansu province, was reportedly beaten to death by other detainees because he didn't wipe his nose. The local People's Procuratorate later said the guards at the detention center were guilty of a serious dereliction of duty as the detainee was under their protection. The Beijing News says:

It is both absurd and lamentable that the Gansu detainee lost his life just because he did not wipe his nose, in a place where justice is done and the law is enforced. His death is more than an in-prison scandal or a "serious dereliction of duty", as it involves the failure to safeguard his right to life even in detention.

In the aforementioned case, policemen on duty are suspected of "illegally employing some detainees to manage others", which is a policy of appeasement that allows bullies to get whenever they want.