Tongzhou Prefecture | Xi’an netizens received a phone call from Yanjiao police to delete posts: “If you don’t delete it, our public security organs will find you later”

“If you don’t delete the post, our public security authorities will contact you later”… This sentence made Xi’an netizen “Mr. Garlic Peeler” lose sleep overnight. He didn’t expect that he had only forwarded a video of a CCTV reporter being blocked from interviewing in Yanjiao, and the Yanjiao police could find his phone number and throw out a threatening sentence.

“Mr. Garlic Peeler” recalled that at 6 o’clock last night, he used his Weibo account “Mr. Garlic Peeler” to forward a video of a CCTV reporter being blocked from interviewing in Yanjiao. He didn’t expect that an hour and a half later, a phone call came from someone claiming to be from the Xinggongdong Police Station in Yanjiao. The phone number was 0316-3300110. Mr. Meng initially thought it was a scam call when he saw the landline, but when he saw the last three digits were “110”, he knew something was up.

Mr. Garlic Peeler couldn’t understand that within an hour and a half of him posting the Weibo, the police in Yanjiao, Hebei could accurately find his account’s phone number. He didn’t know how the Yanjiao police found his phone number? He felt that his privacy had been leaked.

Tongzhou Mansion believes that since you claim to be a police officer, you should first report your unit name, name, police number, etc. over the phone. At first, the man claimed to be from a police station, and only after questioning did he say it was the Xinggongdong Police Station. Only after repeated questioning did he say his surname was Zhang, and when asked for Officer Zhang’s full name, Officer Zhang asked back, “What are you talking about?” I think, Officer Zhang, don’t you know what you’re calling about? If you don’t know what you’re calling about, why are you making this call? You ask me to delete the post, is it wrong for me to ask for your name? If I ask to interview you, and I don’t report my name, can you accept the interview? I’m afraid you wouldn’t accept the interview even if I brought a press card and a letter of introduction, let alone I don’t even have a press card.

Netizen Mr. Garlic Peeler’s Weibo

Officer Zhang said on the phone, “Our public security bureau has a publicity department, we will verify it and then you can repost it.” So, Mr. Garlic Peeler is puzzled, the public security department has a publicity department, why did your police station make the call, and why didn’t the public security’s publicity department call? Furthermore, why do I have to wait for the public security bureau’s publicity department to verify before reposting a Weibo? Mr. Garlic Peeler is not a police officer, nor is he an auxiliary police officer, nor is he a security guard.

Officer Zhang also said, “We will first communicate with you to see your meaning, your attitude, mainly for the impact, to expand public opinion! Many things are already very busy and chaotic in Yanjiao now, we don’t need to ferment and expand this matter, many things are afraid of having a bad impact on the masses.”

For this sentence, we also find it difficult to understand. “For the impact, to expand public opinion”, the impact is created by you, the public opinion is created by you, why did I, a small netizen thousands of miles away, become a person of “bad influence and expanding public opinion”? Do I have the Banana Fan from Journey to the West, which can stir up trouble?

Officer Zhang said, “Many things are already very busy and chaotic in Yanjiao now.” You are very busy and chaotic because your work is not done well, because your ability is not enough to fulfill your duties. “Prevention first, combined with prevention and elimination” how did you do it? How do you usually inspect and eliminate hidden dangers that cause explosions? Your negligence or incompetence, or even dereliction of duty, I forwarded a little thing, and it caused you trouble? In other words, you didn’t do your job well, and we don’t even have the right to speak?

Officer Zhang said, “Many things are afraid of having a bad impact on the masses.” I ask you, Officer Zhang, are you afraid of a bad impact on the masses or are you afraid of a bad impact on officials? You are always worrying about things that don’t matter. Last night, the rescue was not over yet, you, a police officer, were not at the explosion site rescuing the masses whose lives were uncertain, but you were here on the phone saying “bad impact on the masses”, I am speechless.

Because he didn’t delete the post, Officer Zhang finally said, “If you can’t delete it, our public security department will contact you later.” Mr. Garlic Peeler didn’t understand what this sentence meant, anyone who knows, please explain it.