Daily Lessons from Life 21 July 2010 - Chinese police beat official's wife by mistake

"Chinese police beat official's wife by mistake - Wed, Jul 21, 2010 Reuters

BEIJING - Plainclothes police severely beat the wife of a provincial official, mistaking her for one of many Chinese who petition government offices in the hope of redressing wrongs, the China Daily reported on Wednesday.

The case of mistaken identity has become a hot topic among Chinese Internet users, highlighting the abuse that China's armies of petitioners routinely suffer at the hands of police and hired thugs who wish to silence them.

Six public security officers set on Chen Yulian, the wife of a provincial law enforcement officer, last month when she tried to enter her husband's office building, which houses the Hubei provincial party headquarters, the China Daily said."

Things have not changed much since the history of ancient China! That people in authority do and still abuse their power vested by the nation to protect its citizens originally!

Lessons for me are:

1. there will be officials who simply cannot do the right things when no one is watching!!;

2. as long as there are officials abusing their power, they will be found out. As sure as days followed nights! So, if you don't want to be found out, DO NOT abuse your authorities!;

3. there MUST be consequence, severe ones preferably, for those who abused their authorities. Made an example of them though there will be some who escaped capture! It does not matter as every one caught will send the message that if you abused your power and you are found out, there will be no mercy!

May Ms Chen receovered from the beating and that the officials who abused here get brought to justice! Ironically if they worked for her husband!!