Officers punished over custody death

A Beijing police officer has been fired and another removed from his post after a man choked to death in custody in May.

Xing Yongrui, deputy director of Dongxiaokou police station in Changping district, has been sacked and expelled from the Party, the capital's Public Security Bureau said on Thursday.

The station director, Zhou Shuaimin, has also been removed from his post and given a warning for incompetence in performing his duties, it said.