Yangcheng Evening News report: Yang Hui, reporter and Litafa spokesman reports that the case of Liu Sanchu, a taxi driver from Zengcheng Hundred Flowers Company, who operated in a different city and violently attacked Guangzhou Transportation Committee law enforcement officers was publicly tried yesterday in Liwan District People's Court in Guangzhou. The defendant was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison for obstructing official duties. This is the first case in Guangzhou in recent years where a taxi driver has been sentenced for violent resistance to law enforcement.
On February 26 this year, after dropping off passengers in Nanhai, Liu Sanchu returned to Guangzhou and picked up passengers on his way back. The law enforcement officers from the Guangzhou Transportation Committee Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau investigated Liu Sanchu's taxi for operating in a different city at Huangsha in Guangzhou.
Liu Sanchu had previously been penalized twice for picking up passengers outside Zengcheng. After being fined again, he stated that he would not comply with the punishment by the transportation committee law enforcement officers. He then took out an iron sleeve and attacked the transportation committee law enforcement officers, smashing their law enforcement vehicle. This resulted in two law enforcement officers suffering minor injuries to their heads and faces, and the rear windshield of the law enforcement vehicle being shattered.
After deliberation, the Liwan District People's Court believed that his actions had violated criminal law and constituted obstruction of official duties. Due to his relatively good attitude towards confession and the compensation provided by his company, Zengcheng Baihua Company, to the victims for their related losses, the court legally gave him a lighter sentence, sentencing the defendant Liu Sanchu to one year and nine months in prison.
After the court announced the verdict, Liu Sanchu stated that he would accept the court's judgment and not appeal.
Could a pick-up and drop-off point be set up for taxis from other cities so they can do return business?
Industry insider: The management cost would be very high
At the trial site, industry insiders familiar with Guangzhou's taxi operation business said that there are indeed illegal operations by taxis from other cities and unlicensed vehicles in Guangzhou, which have adverse effects on Guangzhou's local taxi market. "Regional development varies, market charges differ, and taxi contract fees also vary greatly. Currently, local taxi drivers entering Guangzhou's urban areas to solicit customers occurs frequently. To maintain market stability, it still relies on government departments and legal weapons."
Regarding whether Guangzhou could establish a pick-up and drop-off point for taxis from other cities so that these taxis can do some return business after dropping off passengers, this industry insider said that doing so would, on one hand, increase the management costs for taxis from other cities, and on the other hand, open a door for these taxis to operate in Guangzhou.