The foreman climbed 50 meters tower crane salary police said “malicious” penalty administrative detention for 10 days aroused debate

A contractor in Gansu climbed up a 50-meter tower crane arm to demand money for the project and was detained by police for 10 days. (Screenshot of video)

A foreman in cooperation city of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, climbed up a 50-meter high tower crane to demand his salary, and was persuaded to come down and was sentenced to 10 days of administrative detention by the Public Security Bureau for disturbing the public order. The cooperation city public security bureau through WeChat release information, set off a hot debate online, also caused Gansu Gannan state concern and investigation, the results pointed out that the police information is improperly worded, causing adverse effects, reflecting the cooperation city public security bureau cadre style is not solid and other issues.

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Beijing Daily reported that a contractor climbed up a tower crane and threatened the person in charge of the construction site to collect his salary.

On the next day, the official WeChat of the Public Security Bureau of Cooperation City released the police information of “the foreman was administratively detained for 10 days for climbing the tower crane to collect wages”, pointing out that “the public security authorities will take a ‘zero tolerance’ attitude to crack down on illegal acts of jumping from buildings, jumping from tower cranes or violent and extreme acts to maliciously demand wages. The public security authorities will continue to maintain a high-handed and strict attitude towards malicious wage demands in the name of migrant workers’ wage arrears, such as construction and material payments, to effectively create a good business environment for the construction of safe cooperation”.

The article has been published and republished on various online platforms, with some netizens criticizing that “those who owe wages are not punished, but those who are punished are not paid? The article was published and republished on various online platforms. You have to commit a crime to defend your rights, right? Others said, “Who would trade their lives for money if they weren’t forced to do so…?

A contractor in Gansu climbed up the arm of a 50-meter tower crane to demand money for the project and was detained by the police for 10 days.

The contractor was persuaded to get down from the 50-meter tower crane arm.