Less than a month after the tragic death of truck driver Jin Deqiang, a traffic official in Hebei Province, similar incidents have followed. Another truck driver from Shandong province took medicine to commit suicide on the spot because he could not afford the stimulation of heavy punishment, but was fortunately rescued in time. Some media people lamented that the sacrifice of Jin Deqiang did not bring improvement in the treatment of truck drivers, and could not get the slightest sympathy from those in power.
Shandong Province Yuncheng County police reported on Monday (3) that on Sunday (2) afternoon at the 220 National Highway super checkpoint in Yuncheng County, the truck driver Xu Moumou, who was suspected of taking drugs, is currently in a stable physical condition after being gastric lavage by the hospital.
The report said that a joint investigation team composed of the Discipline Inspection Commission, the Judicial Bureau and other departments preliminary investigation, Yuncheng County Transportation Bureau on its fine of 5,000 the entire law enforcement process, no irregularities were found.
The driver Liu Jiwei, who has many years of experience in taxi operation, disagrees with the official statement, saying that the traffic inspection department through the power of rent-seeking, the beginning of the establishment of the performance of unscrupulous, and has continued to this day.
Liu Jiwei said: traffic inspection station this gang, ah, he does not belong to the traffic police, he is much worse than the traffic police. This gang they set up, mainly state-run transport companies of the gang, to form a traffic committee, transport management is one of the branches. So that they know the driver is too well, specifically is to clean up these drivers. And there is no limit to the power of rent-seeking. I know this gang, it is this opening is tens of thousands, is to force you to deal privately, let you find someone, give me a gift, is 10,000 yuan, give you a fine of 5,000, or 2,000. Quite black, this group of people.
In addition, the official briefing also stressed that the truck driver who took poison Xu Moumou was prevented by fellow travelers and checkpoint staff, only a small amount of pesticide exposure.
In this regard, the media person Chen Jun believes that the death advice of Hebei Province truck driver Jin Deqiang early last month did not change the plight of truck drivers. Another driver suicide protest shows that truck drivers, who are being oppressed wantonly, are still unable to gain the slightest sympathy from those in power.
Chen Jun said: “Gee, this phenomenon is not something that has existed for a year or two, it has existed for decades. Simply no one is in charge. High-speed tolls and high fuel prices and high, if not overloaded, all the truck drivers will not earn money, on the loss of money. Now the various departments of the public prosecution and law they have the task to grab money, and then take advantage of this overload, they set up this checkpoint, is to grab money. This organ of all the officials of the seven aunts and eight aunts to enter ah, what farming children into this very little very little.
On the 5th of last month, Jin Deqiang, a truck driver in Hebei Province, was fined 2000 and killed himself in Tangshan City because his Beidou positioning system was offline. He left a suicide note saying that he wanted to say something for the majority of truck drivers, he used his life in exchange for leadership attention to this incident; May 1 last year, truck drivers Zhu Mou couple, because the vehicle was detained in Yuncheng County, a “super station” suicide by taking poison, but the matter later ended; 2014, Henan truck drivers Zhang happy for In 2014, Henan truck driver Zhang Xingli was detained for up to 2 months for overloading his vehicle, with heavy losses. The couple then committed suicide by taking poison at the “overload station”, Zhang Xingli was killed and his wife was saved.
This reporter called Yuncheng County Transportation Bureau and Yuncheng County Shuangqiao Super Checkpoint, but there were voice messages saying they had no permission to speak. The Yuncheng County government office, too, has refused to answer the phone.
Local regulators charge high fines for managing overloads, which is the norm for road freight activities in China. In recent years, truckers who have been pushed into a desperate situation have been unable to resist and have frequently protested by committing suicide. And more truckers are being extorted by law enforcement agencies around the country, all but holding their breath.
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