2007年7月,在湖南平江县发生一起当街殴打证人并逼其下跪的案件。54岁的邓某之前因在一起职务犯罪中作证,被告人某局局长唐某被判罪名成立。之后,邓某在大街上被唐某及其子纠集的一群人殴打,当街下跪并迫其写下所作证言系伪证的书面材料。中国的证人保护问题因此浮出水面。如何保护好证人,从西方国家一些做法中可以获得一些启发。 In July 2007, a case of beating witnesses and kneeling in a street occurred in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. Before the 54-year-old Dengmou testified in a joint crime, the defendant, Tangmou, was convicted. After that, Dengmou was beaten on the street by a group of people gathered by Tang and his son, kneeling down and forced to write written evidence of perjury. The issue of witness protection in China therefore surfaced. How to protect the witnesses, some inspiration from the Western countries can get some practice.