🇨🇳 envoy to UN Dai Bing’s remarks provoked Baerbock into a powerful rebuttal: “ … We did not want this war. We did not choose this war … The truth is that if Russia stops fighting, the war will end, If Ukraine stops this fighting, Ukraine ends.” https://t.co/i8QQyHPtOC
"China is trying to have it both ways, trying to present itself publicly as neutral and seeking peace while at the same time it is talking up Russia's false narrative about the war [in Ukraine] … and now contemplating lethal assistance." — @secblinkenhttps://t.co/aNiZ7aF2dWpic.twitter.com/JQ1565Fx0T
Reason 1: China never engages in slaughter, predation or racial genocide of its ethnic minorities and never allows “I can’t breathe” to happen. pic.twitter.com/lGPLOF1LQK
Just the proletariat thriving in their commie environment. Don't worry CCP politicians say they don't do this stuff. The solution to police brutality is to centralize even more power to the govt, duh. https://t.co/tc81X0u5cV
Oct 11: a man — the one in white tee and jeans — is being subdued by others after he stabbed 4 people in a commercial dispute — killing two and injuring the other two — in Quanzhou, Fujian. pic.twitter.com/EW3awA6szt
WARNING!!!! DO NOT WATCH THIS!!! Murder season continues in China and as usual, children are the target. Please do not watch this!! I am only sharing it as a record of it happening. Please do not watch https://t.co/ZwoMFto0by
Now In China, Household Knives Must Be ID'ed to Track Their Owners —— in case you rebel against Chinese government with them. … And by law, you need to chain your household knives. https://t.co/ZntHkm2x23pic.twitter.com/6sd3nxIUiN
In China, kitchen knives are embedded with QR codes that link to buyers’ ID card information.
Anyone who plans to buy bladed tools must provide their name, ethnicity, address, ID number and telephone number when applying for a permit, and take a facial recognition. https://t.co/ZntHkm34RBpic.twitter.com/1L38xfwolw
Another knife attack, this time in Jiangshan, Henan. The crowd is angered by the rumour that the killer could escape justice because he is related to someone important in authority.
Authorities in southern #China said a man stopped for drunk driving and not having a license stabbed to death 3 police officers after apparently obtaining a knife and returning to the police station. https://t.co/JLzVxm8wJa
— The Epoch Times – China Insider (@EpochTimesChina) February 22, 2023
Drunk Driver Stabs 3 Police Officers to Death in Southern China
BEIJING—Authorities in southern China said a man stopped for drunk driving and not having a license stabbed to death three police officers after apparently obtaining a knife and returning to the police station.
The statement from Shangli County in Jiangxi province said the suspect, identified only by his surname, Huang, had been detained after the incident on Friday night.
The statement gave no details on why Huang had not been put in custody earlier and how he was able to return to the police station with a knife.
One of the officers who was fatally stabbed was a part-timer.
China’s stabbing problem: Why are mass knife attacks so common?
Wednesday’s knife attack is the latest in a series of such incidents that have led to 100 deaths in the past decade. It is often found that the common culprit is a lack of mental health infrastructure and more than 100 million people in dire need of it
Three people were left dead and six others wounded as a “gangster wearing a cap and mask” stormed a kindergarten and attacked people with a knife in southeast China’s Jiangxi province.
Wednesday’s knife attack is the latest in a series of such attacks that have led to 100 deaths in the past decade, according to a report by Independent.
Knife attacks in China
Mass violent crime is rare in China, which strictly prohibits citizens from owning firearms, but there has been a spate of mass stabbings in recent years.
And fatal knife attacks specifically targeting kindergarten and school students have occurred nationwide, carried out by people reportedly wishing to wreak revenge on society. .
According to news agency Reuters, around 100 children and adults have been killed and hundreds more injured over the past decade in apparently uncoordinated, “lone wolf” attacks.
Why do so many knife attacks occur in China?
As per a report by Independent, the Chinese government largely attributes such attacks on people bearing grudges against society with an aim to wreak revenge, or says the perpetrators suffer from unidentified mental illnesses. .
“In China, there’s little focus on mental health, so more potential offenders slip through the cracks,” according to a report by Quartz.
“An estimated 100 million Chinese have varying degrees of mental illness… but China has a fraction of the number of mental health professionals compared to developed countries.”
According to a report by The Straits Times, experts in China have pointed to “anxieties caused by social upheaval and persistent inequality in explaining the attacks”. Similarly, The New York Times says assailants are sometimes said to be “t
A series of uncoordinated mass stabbings, hammer attacks, and cleaver attacks in the People’s Republic of China began in March 2010. The spate of attacks left at least 90 dead and some 473 injured. As most cases had no known motive, analysts have blamed mental health problems caused by rapid social change for the rise in these kinds of mass murder and murder-suicide incidents.[1]
As the Chenpeng school attack was followed by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the United States hours later[2][3] comparisons were drawn between the two. The difference in gun control laws between the two countries was used to explain the disparity in casualties of the school attacks by journalists and politicians, including U.S. Representative Jerry Nadler,[4][5] and an article in the Associated Press noted that despite the different outcomes, an underlying commonality between the attacks was the increased frequency of school attacks because “attackers often seek out the vulnerable, hoping to amplify their outrage before they themselves often commit suicide.”[6] .
Causes
Prof. Joshua Miller, chair of Social Welfare Policy at Smith College, attributed the attacks to stress caused by “rapid social change, mass migrations, increasing disparities in wealth and weakening of traditions.”[61] Some sociologists believe some of these attacks may be due to the PRC government‘s failure to diagnose and treat mental illness.[20] The perpetrators may feel victimized by stress due to the rapid social changes[20] in China during the last 10 years caused by the privatization and decreased social security of China’s reform and opening period. During this time, more and more migrant workers from rural areas have moved to cities such as Shanghai to find jobs. However, because they do not have social security (because of the hukou system), many of them do not have health insurance. Because of the financial crisis of 2007–2010, some have lost their jobs, which is stigmatized in China, and have had to return to their native villages jobless and unemployed. The choice of schools for most of the attacks means they could be copycat crimes.[20][61]
Another factor is China’s male-based gender imbalance cause by the one child policy, in which there are a lot of single men frustrated at the dating market in China and their low prospects. They are then more likely to resort to violence.
Reaction and response
Since the recent spate of attacks, many parents are now worried about their children’s safety in schools and have since asked local officials and school governors to step up security at the schools. The education ministry has formed an emergency panel to tackle the violence and some local police authorities have distributed such instruments as steel pitchforks and pepper spray to security guards in schools. However, not all schools increased their security because of lack of funds to hire extra security. The state media has also been keeping news of these attacks quiet by deleting forum entries on the internet and releasing few facts on the incident for fear of copycat crimes and mass panic. In May 2010, Chinese PremierWen Jiabao commented on the school attacks and said that the “social tensions” in China must be addressed. He also said society was changing rapidly and that subsequent changes in policy were needed. Why these attacks have been specifically targeted at young school children is not entirely explicable, however.[62]
Following the Chenpeng school attack, the Chinese government began posting security guards in schools throughout the country. It was planned that all schools have a security guard by 2013.[63]
Mohd Nazlan was the trial judge in the High Court who convicted former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak of embezzling RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former unit of sovereign investment firm 1MDB.
Mohd Nazlan has since been elevated to the Court of Appeal.
The Federal Court has ruled that the MACC investigation against the superior court judge who convicted and sentenced former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak was done without following protocol. pic.twitter.com/1pOVkNebMy
Apex court rules MACC probe against judge Nazlan did not follow protocol
Bernama
Februari 24, 2023 15:03 MYT
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Justice Tengku Maimun sat on the panel with Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Amar Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah and Federal Court judges Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Datuk Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal and Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang.
She was delivering their decision online pertaining to two questions of law raised by lawyers Haris Fathillah Mohamed Ibrahim, Nur Ain Mustapa and Sreekant Pillai.
The questions were related to powers of criminal investigating bodies to investigate serving superior judges as well as the public prosecutor’s power to institute proceedings against serving superior judges.
The lawyers filed a lawsuit on May 6 last year against MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, MACC and the federal government after MACC opened an investigation paper against Mohd Nazlan following a report lodged on an allegedly unexplained sum of more than RM1 million in Mohd Nazlan’s bank account.
The lawyers contended that criminal investigative bodies and the prosecution can only commence investigation on a serving judge after the judge was suspended by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or removed by a tribunal.
Mohd Nazlan had subsequently lodged a police report against an online portal which alleged he was being investigated over unexplained wealth in his account.
He was the High Court trial judge who convicted and sentenced Najib to 12 years’ jail and a RM210 million fine on seven charges relating to RM42 million in funds belonging to SRC International on July 28, 2020.
In the apex court’s decision, Justice Tengku Maimun also said a set of protocols must be followed when a judge is investigated, including seeking leave from the Chief Justice first before conducting the probe.
She said this is because the Chief Justice might know details that the criminal investigative body does not and it would also safeguard judicial independence.
She said criminal investigative bodies cannot on their own accord publicise or advertise the facts of investigation or the contents of the investigation on a superior court judge without the approval of the Chief Justice and the entire contents of the probe must remain confidential at all times.
She said judges are considered to be citizens of the highest moral character, adding that “announcement of an investigation against a judge is enough to damage the image of the institution he serves”.
The three lawyers were represented by counsel Datuk Malik Imtiaz and A.Surendra Ananth while senior federal counsel Liew Horng Bin appeared for Azam, MACC and the federal government. Lawyer New Sin Yew appeared as amicus curiae for the Malaysian Bar.
1. The MACC’s probe against Justice Mohd Nazlan Ghazali was done without regard for protocols, ruled the Federal Court.
Chief Justice Tengku Maimun said the manner in which the probe was conducted did not appear to preserve confidence in the judiciary’s independence. https://t.co/NwF9QIGwZ6pic.twitter.com/GVnvfiR9BV
3. She also noted that the investigation was conducted without consultation with the judiciary and had cast doubt on whether the probe was done bona fide (in good faith).
Tengku Maimun said this today when delivering the ruling on a suit filed by three lawyers.
5. They contended that criminal investigating bodies and the prosecution can only commence investigation on a serving judge after the judge was suspended by the YDPA or removed by a tribunal.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — The nation’s highest court today unanimously held that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigation against judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali did not follow proper protocol.
The seven-judge panel was led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat in presiding over a suit filed by three lawyers that challenged the MACC’s investigation on Mohd Nazlan over claims that the latter had an unexplained RM1 million in his account.
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“A criminal investigative body cannot on their own accord publicise or advertise facts of an investigation or contents of the investigation of a superior court judge without prior approval of the Chief Justice (obtaining leave).
“The public prosecutor too must consult the Chief Justice during the course of giving instruction and during the course of investigation and in respect of his decision to prosecute.
“On a cursory reading of the facts and upon examining the documentary evidence on record, it is blatant that any probe commenced against Justice Nazlan was done without regard to judicial independence and none of the above protocols were allowed.
“Further, the manner in which the investigations were publicised by way of a press statement also does not appear to preserve or lend confidence to the independence of the judiciary.
“The curious timing against Justice Nazlan which was done without consultation with the judiciary also cast doubt on whether investigation against Justice Nazlan is bona fide,” she said in delivering the court’s decision through video-conferencing this morning.
