A traffic policeman in Hanoi has been temporarily suspended after a video in which he was filmed kicking two people off their motorbike when they were traveling the wrong way down a street was published online.
The two-minute video was posted on YouTube and Facebook since July 19 afternoon.
The police officer was filmed kicking two people off their motorbike when they were traveling the wrong way down a street
In the clip, the police officer ran from the pavement to the median strip to stop a motorbike that is speeding in the wrong direction. The policeman’s well-timed kung fu-like kick caused the motorbike to crash into the median strip, leaving the two people on the road.
Speaking with DTiNews, Lieutenant-colonel Le Tu from Hanoi Police Department said that the case happened on Xa Dan Street in Dong Da District on the afternoon of July 18. The police officer in the clip is Lieutenant Nguyen Hoang Anh from the city's Traffic Police Team 3.
Tu said that Anh was temporarily removed from his duty to verify the content of the clip. Anh has also been requested to write a report about what happened.
According to Lieutenant-colonel Le Tu, the two people on the motorbike were not wearing helmets, were driving down the wrong side of the road and failed to show their driving licences and motorbike registration papers.
