If you resist confessing, it is hard to escape the long arm of the law

抗拒坦白,难逃法网
Kangju tanbai, nantao fawang!
If you resist confessing, it is hard to escape the long arm of the law
1952, February
Renmin meishu chubanshe (人民美术出版社), Beijing
77.5x53.5 cm.
PC-1952-009

In the small pictures a black marketeer/tax evader threatens a shop assistant who wants to file a report on his misdeeds, then tries to appease him, makes a confession on a small misdeed, then refuses to confess his big crimes. In the big picture he is surrounded by an angry and accusing crowd, desperately clutching a big bag with the money he stole from the state.