Come catch me, says motorbike teen’s T-shirt. Chinese police did just that

A teenager from east China who rode pillion on a motorbike without a helmet while wearing a T-shirt with a slogan taunting the police has been given eight days’ detention, according to an online news report.

Officers in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, apprehended the 17-year-old, identified only as Yue, on Friday after being alerted to his activities by a social media user, Thepaper.cn reported on Monday.

Yue was detained for the crime of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”, the city’s police department was quoted as saying.

The all-purpose charge is used by authorities in China to punish everyone from petulant teenagers to human rights activists.

The slogan on Yue’s shirt read: “Stupid traffic police, come and catch me”.