Rail bureau to pay after clerks rough up army man

Railroad stewards receive a temperature check at the Kunming Railway Station in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday, May 15, 2003. The Yunnan Railway Bureau has taken a series of strict mea
Railroad stewards receive a temperature check at the Kunming Railway Station in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday, May 15, 2003. The Yunnan Railway Bureau has taken a series of strict mea
A railway employee demonstrates some of the accoutrements aboard the latest rolling stock acquired by Shanghai Railway Bureau. The US$18.1 million train is built by French Bombardier Inc. The trai

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-24 16:26

A Beijing court recently ordered the city's Railway Bureau to pay 100,000 yuan ($14,631) as compensation to an army officer who was roughed up and severely injured by five railway clerks last year.

Zhao, who hails from Shandong province, had a quarrel with the clerks while departing from the Beijing Railway Station, following which the five clerks bashed him up.

The victim sued the bureau for 650,000 yuan in compensation.

Besides 100,000 yuan in compensation, the court ordered the bureau to reimburse the victim's medical expenses.

(Beijing Times)