Rule of law also requires disciplined law enforcers

We do not know how the whole drama would have ended had the victims not secretly recorded that video clip of their tense argument with the abusive police officer. Or that clip had not become an internet sensation over the past few days.

That the two innocent women in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, are safe and well, even received an apology from local police authorities, and that the officer involved has been suspended, may be a reason to celebrate.

That sounds like the end of another case of police misconduct. But what happened on May 21 to the two young residents of Shenzhen must not end with that simple apology and suspension. Indeed, there are deeper, broader questions to be deliberated.