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“Chen Jiao, we’ve come to see you,

to report to you:

Last year, we cracked another 6 special cases.”

April 2

On the eve of Qingming Festival

Along a row of drainage canals at the border in Yunnan

Baoshan Border Management Detachment

Longling Border Management Brigade

from the Law Enforcement Investigation Team’s

immigration administration police

Following past practice

came here

to commemorate the

case investigation team instructor of the Baoshan Border Defense Detachment who was killed 15 years ago—

Chen Xihua

Chen Xihua’s former comrades in arms came to the place where he was killed to hold a memorial ceremony.

October 22, 2011

During the nationwide public security organs’ “Skylight Net Campaign” to break through key challenges

an important lead in a case came in

Chen Xihua volunteered on his own

leading the arrest team to rush to

Mu Kang Village in Mangshi City, Dehong Prefecture, to carry out the arrest

in the fight against the criminal suspects

he tragically fell into the river

A memorial at the site where Hero Chen Xihua was martyred.

When his comrades found him

about 3 kilometers downstream

his body was already cold

yet he was still tightly holding the criminal suspect,

with his hands locked down firmly

Hero Chen Xihua.

After 17 years on the job

Chen Xihua took part in

investigating 327 drug trafficking cases in total

apprehending 359 criminal suspects

seizing 468.1 kilograms of drugs

This hero who put down roots on the border and repeatedly cracked major cases

will have his life fixed forever on the front line of drug enforcement

fixed forever on the border land he protected throughout his life

only 36 years old

A work photo left behind by Chen Xihua when he was alive, during the time when he apprehended criminal suspects.

This year marks

the 15th year since Chen Xihua’s martyrdom

and it is also the 15 years that the Longling Border Management Brigade

immigration administration police of the Law Enforcement Investigation Team

have persisted in holding memorial ceremonies

because the nature of their work is special,

they are constantly faced with unknown dangers

A work photo taken at the scene of a case that Chen Xihua investigated and seized while he was alive.

In the video,

they can only be shown with mosaics

and the voices must also be processed for voice alteration

but it still can’t hide

their grief for their comrade in arms

and their sincere responsibility

to crack down on illegal crimes

and it can’t change

the creed of loyalty and faith in their hearts

Hero Chen Xihua.

“There are many people in our team

who were brought up by Instructor Chen

he is our role model for life.”

The commander of the Longling Border Management Brigade

Law Enforcement Investigation Team, Old Zeng

mentioned Chen Xihua

who always had tears in his eyes

Former comrades in arms of Chen Xihua presented yellow chrysanthemums at the place where he was killed.

“Every year we have to come here to see him,

we just want to tell him in person

that we are still continuing the mission he hadn’t finished—

we will keep guarding the border defenses to the end.”

Old Zeng said so

and also carried it out in practice like this

Former comrades in arms of Chen Xihua threw yellow chrysanthemums symbolizing remembrance beside the drainage canal where he was killed.

Longling Border Management Brigade

Law Enforcement Investigation Team

since its establishment

has solved 427 criminal cases of various kinds

and apprehended 1,051 criminal suspects

because of outstanding performance in their work,

the Law Enforcement Investigation Team

has every comrade earn merit

and receive commendations of various kinds

A group photo from behind of representatives of some police officers from Yunnan Baoshan Law Enforcement Investigation Team.

The Yunnan Border Inspection General Station

where Chen Xihua was based before his sacrifice

is a collective that produced generation after generation of heroes

Chen Xihua, Bai Jiangang, Cai Xiaodong,

He Zhihong, Yin Mingzhi, Gan Zurong

…

Police officers charge forward on the front line to crack down on illegal and criminal activity.

One living name after another

like light

guiding the comrades behind them

to move forward

along the light they shine

Police officers charge forward on the front line to crack down on illegal and criminal activity.

According to statistics from the Yunnan Border Inspection General Station

so far, 191 comrades

have sacrificed on the border line stretching 4,060 kilometers

among them, the youngest is only 18 years old

they used blood and life to build

the iron Great Wall

to safeguard national security and people’s peace and tranquility

A memorial wall for martyrs at the Yunnan Border Inspection General Station.

Rising blood is inscribed in memory

Mountains and rivers are forever remembered

Salute to our heroes!

(Source: People’s Daily Online Client, Yunnan Channel)