China's police authority has issued a Class-A warrant for the
arrest of a 23-year-old man who is suspected of killing a Beijing
policeman.
Zhang Xinlei is suspected of murdering Tang Chengwen, a traffic
police officer, after being stopped at midnight on Monday in
Mentougou District, in the southern suburbs of Beijing, police said
on Wednesday.
Anyone who provides information that leads to Zhang's arrest
will receive a reward of 50,000 yuan (US$6,250) in cash, according
to the warrant issued by the Ministry of Public Security.
The suspect was driving a white van, with another person in the
passenger seat, when they were chased and stopped by Tang. Tang had
been ordered to stop a suspected van carrying stolen cables, local
media reported.
The men are believed to have dumped Tang's body, the white van
and cables after the clash, the Beijing Times said. Tang was robbed
of money and his weapons, the paper added. But the police has not
confirmed how Tang was killed.
According to earlier official figures, one traffic police died
on duty from January to May, 6 severely wounded, and 93 others
injured in China.
(Xinhua News Agency October 25, 2006)