Cops arrested over nightclub brawl death

From correspondents in Beijing SIX policemen in northeast China have been arrested for their part in a melee outside a nightclub which lead to a young man's death. The policemen came to blows with the victim and several people outside a nightclub in Harbin, capital of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, after driving their car "too fast" near the entrance, Xinhua news agency reported. An official from the publicity office of the Heilongjiang Public Security Bureau confirmed the report and said the off-duty policemen had been drinking at a banquet before going to the club, but were not drunk and not the aggressors. "Actually, the police were beaten up by the person who died and his friends," the official, who declined to leave her name, said. "The police did not beat them back until they were... [read full story]                    

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