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on september 22, mr. shi, an online car-hailing driver in hefei, anhui province, posted a video on a social platform saying that his online car-hailing account was blocked after he refused to be checked by a woman in plain clothes, and he suspected that she was "using public power to take revenge on personal enemies." on september 24, the hefei municipal transportation bureau issued a situation report: there was improper law enforcement, and he had been warned and transferred from his post.

according to media reports, online car-hailing driver mr. shi described that on september 20, when he was picking up a female passenger, the other party suddenly showed her law enforcement certificate in the back seat and asked to see the driver's "documents". the driver immediately said, "it takes two people to enforce the law" and "you are still enforcing the law in plain clothes?" and clearly refused. before getting off the car, the woman said, "let the platform check you." after that, the driver thought more and more that there was a problem, so he returned to the female passenger's drop-off point and had an argument with the staff in the office of the transportation management department's examination center. on september 22, mr. shi found that his online car-hailing account was blocked, but in less than half an hour, the account was unblocked.

in principle, drivers have the obligation to operate in accordance with the law and cooperate with law enforcement, and law enforcement officers also have the obligation to act in accordance with the rules and enforce the law. in theory, online car-hailing drivers must prepare the "two certificates" before they can go on the road, and they must be checked by traffic law enforcement officers when necessary. however, this does not mean that any official personnel in the transportation system can pull out their certificates at any time and anywhere and "check any driver they want." it is reported that the female passenger is an employee of the hefei municipal transportation bureau, and in theory she has no law enforcement power.

judging from the process, any investigation and evidence collection "should be attended by more than two staff members", and the woman's "inspection" method clearly violates relevant regulations. moreover, "two-person law enforcement" is a basic procedural justice principle that runs through almost all law enforcement fields and all law enforcement processes. it is really unacceptable for law enforcers not to understand this. after the incident, the driver involved said that he did have "two certificates", but seeing that the other party was only one person and was in plain clothes, he refused to cooperate with the "inspection" for understandable reasons.

in hindsight, the account of the driver involved was immediately blocked, which easily makes people suspect that there is a direct or indirect connection between the two incidents. although the woman involved can supervise the online car-hailing driver as an ordinary passenger, she must not try to "fool" with her work id in the process, and consumers must not use the identity of law enforcement to protect their rights. in this regard, the local authorities should also conduct a serious and thorough investigation, and work with the online car-hailing platform to give a convincing explanation to ensure that public officials do not abuse their power and confuse the boundaries between work responsibilities and personal demands.

in short, with power comes responsibility, and law enforcement must be able to withstand onlookers and supervision. in this incident, why did the female passenger suddenly show the driver her law enforcement certificate and ask him to show his id after receiving the service? why did the female passenger later argue that she was just a passenger? online ride-hailing cars are blocked for a while and then unblocked again? these strange things and the doubts of the people are worthy of in-depth investigation and need to be taken seriously. at the moment of comprehensively promoting the rule of law, law enforcement officers must ensure procedural fairness, rather than making trouble out of nothing. only by ensuring that the law enforcement team can enforce the law fairly and strictly can the relevant practitioners be convinced of the fairness and professionalism of their law enforcement, and the order of the industry can be better maintained.

kang lei, commentator of upstream news