In China, the resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic justified the implementation of strict sanitary measures. In the center of the country, a man had his head shaved by officials because he had escaped from a quarantine centre.
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As China faces a serious resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic, all those who do not respect health measures are exposed to sanctions. And in some cases the power of local authorities gives rise to excesses. A man has just paid the price in a village in Shandong province (central-eastern China). On a video posted on Chinese social networks, we see officials shaving the head of this resident, because the latter had escaped from a quarantine center.
The man who speaks in the video is a volunteer from the village neighborhood committee. In the images, we can clearly see that he is wearing an official red armband. He and his colleague have just intercepted the resident accused of escaping from the quarantine center. And to punish him, the two officials are shaving his head with a clipper. The inhabitant on the ground struggles, but without being able to prevent this punitive operation.
The video made the rounds on social networks, angering many Chinese netizens. They denounce the abuses committed by the authorities. “It gives a taste of cultural revolution”, writes a user, alluding to the period of persecution that China experienced in the 1970s. Another person evokes the unlimited power of minor civil servants since the beginning of the health crisis. The video prompted the local government to react. He assures that the two men who shaved the inhabitant are not civil servants and that an investigation has been opened to determine the responsibilities in this kind of excesses linked to the health crisis, which the Chinese have more and more difficulty. to support.