Beijing subway to adopt security check on passengers from next month
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www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-09 16:00:15
BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Beijing passengers will have to face
security checks by machines, dogs or police officers at all subway
stations as from the end of June.
Friday's Beijing Morning Post quoted the city's public security
bureau as saying that security measures would cover all operational
subway lines and Line 10, which is yet to go into operation.
The capital has a very busy subway system. On April 30, it carried
4.3 million passengers daily, breaking its own record. Butno security
equipment has been installed at subway entries except Dongzhimen
station in eastern Beijing along Line 2.
Passengers will have to drink bottled water and other beverages
they carry into the subway if security machines and police dogs could
not identify them, the police source said.
The police called on passengers to cooperate, the newspaper said.
It also publicized a hotline 008610-64011327 for information on people
bringing combustible substances and explosives into the subway.
The city police will also install security machines at busy bus
stations.
A bus fire that claimed three lives in Shanghai was caused by
flammable oil-like material carried on board by a passenger, according
to local police.
Passengers are banned from carrying dangerous substances on board
public transport, including buses, subways, trains and aircraft, and
offenders can be jailed for five to 15 days.
In the first four months of this year, the Beijing police had
caught 44 offenders, but they did not cause accidents.
Editor: An Lu
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