Hit-and-run case reflects call for social justice
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Perhaps the most famous father in China right now is Li Gang.
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Li Qiming was caught at the accident site. |
Li Gang is deputy chief of the public security bureau branch of a district under Baoding City in north China's Hebei Province. He was like any other father until recently when his son, Li Qiming, catapulted him into notoriety.
Li Qiming, 22, was alleged to have said, "Sue me if you dare. My father is Li Gang," after running his car into two students while he was under the influence of alcohol, on Oct. 16 at a university in Beishi District, which is under his father's administration. One of the victims later died despite emergency rescue efforts.
His comments have been widely publicized online and have provoked angry and mocking reactions from millions of Chinese citizens.
"No need to panic after any crime, as my father is Li Gang," posted a netizen in a contest that asked people to make sentences with the words "my father is Li Gang" at the microblog website of sina.com.cn.
"I never pay my telephone bills as my father is Li Gang," wrote another.
"Like father, like son. If the children of officials think that they are the privileged class, will future generations follow suit? After deviating from the basic tenet of following the Party's mass line, which is serving the people heart and soul, the question is where will China go from here?" asked a concerned Wu Zhongmin, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
