Responding to people’s suspicions is compulsory

Translated from Beijing Youth Daily

Some people suspected that the alleged murderer and robber Zhou Kehua shot dead by police in Chongqing was not Zhou himself but a policeman in plain clothes and rumors circulated that Zhou was still alive.

Responding to people’s suspicions is an important part of the job of the government and public security authorities in this case. After more details about the body and the capture process were released recently by the police, few people have doubts about the case.

Authorities should draw lessons from the incident. If the right information is disclosed at the right time, people will not doubt the authenticity of the information at all.

In the information age, rumors spread so fast that if authorities don’t act quickly enough at first, they must spend much more time and energy later to clarify the truth and convince the public.