Taxi entrapment was 'totally wrong'

SHANGHAI: The Shanghai Party chief has admitted that his city's illegal entrapment tactics to enforce traffic rules were "totally wrong," and happened because of loophole in the law.

Such practice of "entrapment" should only be applied under certain conditions and with special authorization, Yu Zhengsheng said in a TV interview released on Monday.

"But using this tactic in cracking down on illegal black taxis is totally wrong," he said.