Wenzhou 58-year-old police detective sacrificed during his official travel: 34 years in the police force, dedicated his half life.

On January 7th, Xu Yidong, a police officer from the Lucheng Branch of Wenzhou City Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang Province, sacrificed his life in the line of duty due to a sudden illness while on a business trip to handle a case. He was 58 years old.

On the evening of January 6th, Xu Yidong, with his backpack, set off for Shanghai to assist his colleagues in handling a case. As usual, he packed some clothes for changing, stomach medicine, and two steamed buns in his backpack.

Upon arriving in Shanghai in the early morning of the next day, he stayed at a hotel and habitually reported his safety to his wife on WeChat before going to bed.

Early in the morning, his colleague Zheng Weite found that Xu Yidong’s phone was unreachable and there was no response when they knocked on the door. They quickly called for staff to open the door, and found Xu Yidong’s body cold.

After emergency medical treatment, the 58-year-old veteran criminal investigator Xu Yidong passed away while sleeping.

Buns for Business Trips: Considered the Most Practical “Dry Food”

“Every time he goes on a business trip, he habitually brings steamed buns with him to solve a meal.”郑威特, his “old partner”, said.

同事们曾调侃他太节俭了。但徐忆东清楚，在整个押送过程中，他们不能离开嫌疑人，即使轮流去吃饭也存在风险。对他而言，两个风干的馒头和几片胃药是最能让他状态稳定的“干粮”。

One year, in order to quickly obtain critical evidence for a case, Xu Yidong, with an unhealed foot injury, took a bus to Jiangxi with a few steamed buns in his pocket. The area was experiencing flooding, and Xu Yidong and his colleagues experienced bumps and detours, waiting for hours before reaching their destination nearly 20 hours later. After two days, when his colleagues arrived at work, they found Xu Yidong already sorting out evidence at the unit. “Xu Yidong senior always acts so quickly and efficiently,” said police detective Zhang Xiang, who admired Xu’s speed and efficiency.

34-Year Veteran: A Lifetime of Service

Since graduating from Wenzhou Police School in 1990, Xu Yidong had become a member of the Lucheng Public Security Criminal Investigation Corps as he wished. He had been dedicated to this career for almost his entire life.

“In the past few years, the department took care of his age and did not assign him major cases to handle, but earlier he was almost always at every crime scene,” said Ye Zhidong, a colleague who had worked with Xu Yidong. Scene investigation is time-consuming and high-intensity work that requires continuous operation and facing残酷现场environment at any time, but Xu Yidong always enjoyed it. He could accurately grasp the details of the crime scene, solidify reliable evidence through clues, and provide directions for his colleagues in the investigation.

“He can rush forward at the crime scene and calm down after the case is over,” said Ye Zhidong. Xu Yidong also took charge of manually recording the data for all criminal cases in the department.

In the eyes of his colleagues Yang Feng, Xu Yidong was rarely seen in the spotlight. “He was not visible in cases, but he was indispensable,” Yang said.

In 2010, Xu Yidong was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Corps’ Seventh Squadron to work on intelligence collection. This was a highlight of his career. With an honest appearance but outstanding mass work ability, Xu Yidong could always extract clues from small vendors and nearby residents about cases through careful research and form effective intelligence. Based on his “unique skills,” he has participated in the detection of major cases such as the “2007 female gang robbery in a city by car.” When carrying out missions on business trips, Xu Yidong would chat with suspects from casual talk to breaking down their psychological barriers. Before returning to Wenzhou for interrogation, Xu Yidong was already familiar with the situation.

On January 8th evening at about 7 p.m., Xu Yidong’s elder brother Xu Yinan was at the funeral home handling his younger brother’s afterlife affairs while muttering, “My younger brother took the police force as his home.” In the eyes of his relatives, Xu Yidong was often absent from family gatherings due to duty or business trips and always helped his colleagues “cover shifts.” At first, his family did not understand him until Xu Yidong once revealed his thoughts about how his mentor and former Lucheng Criminal Investigation Corps captain柳春生influenced him during his early days in the