Depositors nervous after fatal shooting
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China Daily, January 12, 2012
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A woman is escorted by police to a bank in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. |
The demand for police escorts to ensure safe cash withdrawals is on the rise following a deadly shooting and robbery in Nanjing last week.
The service, provided by police or professional guard companies, is becoming popular in Jiangsu's provincial capital and other parts of China as police track the suspect, who is believed to be responsible for a number of similar shootings and robberies across the country.
The Nanjing episode, during which a male depositor was shot to death and 200,000 yuan ($31,700) yuan stolen, raised residents' concerns about security in the country where gun violence is exceedingly rare and almost all firearms are in State hands.
"We are always super-busy at the year's end," said an official of Jindun, Nanjing's largest security company.
The company has launched a special service to meet the surging demand for escorts of residents who will withdraw large amounts of cash from financial institutions, the official said on Wednesday, asking not to be identified and declining to disclose related figures, citing company discipline and security reasons.
A manager surnamed Huang at Nanjing General Security Service Company's Baixia branch said his company is ready to provide personal security, though it does not specialize in the service.
"Some people feel unsafe making transactions at banks when the killer is still at large," he said. "Transactions made at remote bank outlets could make them feel especially uneasy."
Nanjing police also provide free security for those withdrawing more than 50,000 yuan in cash from banks.
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