As the news sparked heated discussion, a video of Zhu Jianping, Anping City's Urban Management Officers Bureau Director, being interviewed by reporters also appeared online.
"In early September, I was transferred back from the Shaohua City Public Security Bureau in Jingchu Province to serve as director of Anping City's Urban Management Officers Bureau. To be honest, I'd always worked in public security before, and I wasn't particularly familiar with urban management. When the organization spoke to me, they told me plainly that the main reason for appointing me was to put me in charge of enforcement, resolve the various problems that had arisen, transform the bureau's attitude and conduct, and improve the public's long-standing negative impression of urban management enforcement officers."
In the video, Zhu Jianping looked solemn and deeply remorseful. Nothing he said suggested that he was avoiding or shirking responsibility. Above all, he was taking ownership.
"I am deeply saddened. As Secretary Zhou said at the meeting, this tragedy should never have happened. Ultimately, there are serious problems with the enforcement methods used by our Urban Management Officers Bureau. I am also deeply ashamed, because I failed to live up to the organization's expectations. I failed to fully recognize the urgency of these problems or take a firmer approach to correcting them promptly."
"At the Standing Committee Meeting two days ago, Secretary Zhou once again laid out specific requirements for our urban management work: 'Enforce the law civilly, put people first, prioritize persuasion and education, use confiscation and fines only as supplementary measures, and strictly prohibit violence!' We will remember this painful lesson and fully implement every corrective measure in accordance with the instructions of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. I have made a Military Pledge to the Municipal Party Committee leadership: if there are no