The punishment does not avoid the powerful, and the beating incident has caused controversy
It is recorded in the Book of Rites: "If you can't pay tribute to a person, you can't punish a doctor." This phrase was once synonymous with the privileges enjoyed by the bureaucracy in feudal times, and they were able to receive special treatment after committing crimes.
But with the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the overthrow of Kuomintang rule by the Chinese Communist Party, this feudal privilege has disappeared. However, a recent incident in Liuyang, Hunan Province, seems to indicate that the privilege of "not being able to punish the doctor" may re-emerge.
In the incident, the street cadres led three people dressed as police officers into the homes of residents in a community and beat the owners in front of their children. This incident is shocking and makes people doubt the possibility of "not being punished by doctors".
This matter is of a vile nature and has an extremely bad impact, and it should have been investigated and handled by the public security organs, but in the "Circular," only the Discipline Inspection Commission intervened in the investigation and handling, and the final result was that in addition to the suspension in the "Circular," there might only be party and government discipline to deal with it.
What's even more infuriating is that some public officials even brought people to the door to commit violence, and also interpreted an ordinary opinion as a conspiracy of *** and foreign forces, and used this as an excuse to crack down on them.
However, when they found out that there was surveillance in the victim's home, they lightly gave a suspension. Thankfully, surveillance devices were installed in the victims' homes, and if they hadn't been there, the atrocities could have left the victims suffering in vain.
It is no exaggeration to say that the incident in which the staff of the Liuyang Sub-district Office brought the police to the door to beat people was a major setback in the process of building a society ruled by law, and it was also a serious challenge to the core values of socialism.
It is constantly emphasized that at all levels of the party, the leading organs and their staff should always adhere to the ruling philosophy of putting the people first and solve problems for the people wholeheartedly.
Why do some grassroots workers turn a deaf ear to the instructions and are self-righteous? The root cause lies in the fact that some people lack a sense of purpose, and their hearts are full of feudal bureaucratic monarchical thinking, self-respecting, and ignoring party discipline and state law.
In their view, party discipline and state law are often open to powerful people, and even if they make mistakes, as long as they have a halo on their heads, they can easily get away with their crimes. Looking back at the beating incident in Liuyang City, although the facts are clear and there is ** as evidence, the people involved were only suspended, and their names and positions were not announced, let alone other members of the beating gang.
This begs the question: why just a suspension? Why did the three police officers in ** who were watching from the sidelines not control the beaters, but stood by and watched? What are the duties of a police officer?
Is it arrogant to beat someone in front of the police? Should the penalties be increased? As a law enforcer, is it a crime to break into a house and beat someone? All this is worth going deep and reflecting on.
The pandemic has been raging for three years, and everyone's body and mind have been under tremendous pressure. However, as a public official, we must not forget the law and discipline, and we must not forget our original intention and mission.
We must always bear in mind our identity as "servants of the people", always keep a clear head, and always be ready to serve the people. Because as the ancients said, "water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat", only when we strictly abide by laws and regulations and adhere to the duties of public servants of the people, can we truly win the trust and support of the people.
Party members and cadres should always bear in mind the "ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people" in the party oath, and not use this as an excuse to play official authority and ignore everything, and regard the masses of the people as beasts of prey and class enemies.
At the same time, party members and cadres must understand that in the People's Republic of China, a society where there is no "punishment for doctors", everyone's behavior will be constrained and supervised by law.
In the end, we may reach a settlement under mediation, after all, the parties still need to live locally, don't they?