Stopped for not wearing a helmet, his companion films incident and posts it online – prompting police to explain the officer was on a plain-clothes mission
A county police department in southern China has confirmed on social media that one of its officers was indeed on duty in a pair of swimming trunks on Tuesday.
The unusual statement came after a plain-clothes policeman, wearing only a pair of tight swimming trunks, stopped a motorcyclist in his 20s for riding without a helmet that day.
He had been travelling with a woman along a quiet road by a river in the county of Xishui, Guizhou province – but they were unconvinced that the man in trunks was actually an officer.
Footage of the incident posted on social media – which appears to have been filmed by the woman on the back of the motorbike and has been confirmed by police – shows the officer producing his police ID when questioned. The motorcyclist still does not believe him, and asks where his uniform is and whether he is on duty.
