(Ecns.cn) – Two youngsters driving two luxury cars assaulted a couple with their 5-year-old child in a community of Haidian District in Beijing on Tuesday night. One of them proved to be Li Tianyi, son of Li Shuangjiang, a renowned singer and vocal music educationalist as well as member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
This reminded the public of the case of "My father is Li Gang," in which Li Qiming, the son of local official Li Gang, deputy director of the police department in a city in Hebei Province, ran over two college students, killing one and injuring the other. When security guards tried to arrest him, he shouted out: "Go ahead, sue me if you dare. My father is Li Gang!"
In a similar incident, on the night of September 6, 2011, a couple slowed down their car as they drove up to the south gate of a community in Haidian. This frustrated the drivers of two luxury cars following behind. The two cars included a BMW without a license plate and an Audi with the plate number of JinO 00888.
When the two drivers came out from their cars, they started to beat the couple. Witnesses said that one of the young men, who was alleged to be Li Tianyi, dared anyone to call the 110 police emergency number.
Very soon after the incident took place, the Internet erupted with speculations that the two assaulters must have power and privilege because they ignored the law so unscrupulously.
The case is still under investigation at this point. According to Zi Xiangdong, spokesman for Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, police have not collected enough information, so he cannot reveal any more details.
This has become a hot topic on the Internet. Netizens on Sina Weibo alleged that a parking permit of the Great Hall of the People and a submachine gun were found in one car. Others claimed they had traced the Audi's number plate to an official car belonging to Xu Yuegang, director of the National Tax Bureau of Shanxi Province, but it turned out to be a disguised plate later, as data from the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau's website showed that the car had violated traffic regulations 36 times in Beijing since 2008.
