The 2010 Asian Games will be held from November 12 to November 27 in Guangzhou, the capital of South China's Guangdong Province. As with the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, security around the city is strengthened. What measures are the Guangdong police taking to ensure orders during the Games? How can Guangdong manage its problems with drugs and guns, caused by the province's proximity to Hong Kong and Macao? People's Daily Online (PO) talked to Zheng Zehui(Zheng), head of the Public Security Management Office of Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department.
PO: What's the current security situation in Guangdong?
Zheng: Guangdong has a very large economy. The huge flow of people, goods and capital has also led to the complex security situation in the province.
Netizens are very concerned about the security situation in Guangdong, and some are saying there are many problems with the situation in the province. Visitors today will be happy with the improvement of social order in Guangdong.
PO: There has been a nationwide anti-obscenity campaign recently. Have measures been taken in Guangdong?
Zheng: We have intensified efforts to crack down on social evils through various methods over the past two years.
The places that might be involved are examined. Dance halls and saunas have been thoroughly searched and improved. They cannot restore operation until they have met our requirements.
Meanwhile, we've intensified unannounced visits, not only by the media but also public security departments, and verification measures as well. If two unannounced visits both find problems, the matter will be handled by public security.
We've also increased the investigation of prostitution and gambling by officers from other departments, which is a strong deterrent for criminals, and are more vigorously prosecuting cases, especially those involving organized or forced prostitution.
We've strengthened our internal supervision, severely punishing police officers who leak information to these groups.
PO: Many netizens are also concerned about the explosive and gun problems. Some time ago, a traffic policeman making a highway stop was shot dead by the driver. What do you think of this incident?
Zheng: We have attached a lot of importance to this work.
Guangdong's situation is quite special. It is close to Hong Kong and Macao and there is regular cross-border traffic, which results in the influx of firearms to Guangdong. Whether they come from Hong Kong and Macao or other places, it is a serious problem.
This year, we have set up a working interdepartmental group focused on the investigation of explosives and firearms.
We have listed some special cases involving gun and explosive as supervised cases which must be solved before a deadline. The trail of illegal firearms and explosives must be sniffed out. An investigation can expose a stash of weapons and many clues.
We have listed six areas as the key areas for explosives and firearms searches in Guangdong.
Then there is the fight online. Online transactions and distribution of information empower many criminal activities.
We have found a number of online firearms transactions, explosives sales and websites teaching how to make ex-plosives. Cases involving firearms this year have decreased by 20.2 percent.
