Short, pot-bellied policemen will be banned from traffic duty in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi and given office jobs in a bid to improve the force’s public image, police said Wednesday. See complete story:Â Â politically incorrect police
Police with pot-bellies, or who are too small, will be moved to office work to avoid their coming into contact with the public.
Vietnam’s traffic police — which were voted the “most corrupt” institution in the communist country according to a recent World Bank-funded survey — have long been dogged by a poor public image.
In 2011, authorities banned traffic police from wearing sunglasses on duty and warned them not to hide behind trees in order to ambush motorists and extract fines.
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