Hanoi police have temporarily suspended a traffic officer who was filmed forcefully kicking a motorbike rider for violating traffic rules. On Monday a video was posted on social media showing an officer rushing through traffic on Xa Dan Street in Hanoi and kicking down a motorbike. Senior Lieutenant-colonel Dinh Thanh Thao, deputy chief of Hanoi Traffic Police, on Tuesday told news website Zing.vn that the officer had been ordered to report on the case, and an investigation had been launched. The officer apparently intended to stop the driver, who was riding the vehicle in the wrong direction. Thao said Hanoi police will continue to improve the manner of 1,300 officers and ask them to learn a lesson on how to deal with traffic violators following this case.

Source: Thanhnien News July 19, 2016 08:48 UTC