Uniformed officers in China bash man on the street for failing to produce his ID

A man in southern China was cuffed, trampled and beaten in broad daylight by half a dozen uniformed men who broke seven of his ribs and caused internal bleeding in his right lung after he failed to produce his ID on request, mainland media report.

It was unclear whether the uniformed men who beat up Li Gang, the victim, were regular or part time police, or notorious “urban management officers” hired by city governments to patrol streets and markets to remove beggars and illegal hawkers, often by brutal means, the Information Times reported.