Law allows use of force to prevent violence to others

THE LOCAL PROCURATORATE IN JIN'AN DISTRICT, Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, announced on Thursday it has decided not to charge a man who was detained on suspicion of using excessive force to stop an assault on his female neighbor. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Beijing News reported that the local police believed Zhao Yu, 21, should be charged with causing negligent injury.

But considering all the evidence that Zhao was trying to stop an illegal infringement, the district procuratorate made the decision not to charge him to promote social morals and to encourage righteous acts, according to an announcement by the Fuzhou public security bureau on Thursday.