Yunnan tourist police smashed our car on the grounds of checking drugs on the road. Can you ask them to pay it?

You can ask them for compensation, but this procedure is very long, and it is generally not cost-effective for us ordinary people to go to court with government departments. First of all, you have to ask a lawyer to take administrative proceedings through legal procedures, and tell them that they have damaged their legitimate personal belongings by performing their official duties. You must collect evidence. You had photos and videos of the scene. Finally, you must find the party that damaged your car. Anyway, the procedure is complicated. If you have money and time, go to court with them and teach these uneducated public servants a lesson. Even if you are busy, you can't say clearly for a while. It's easier to get an insurance policy from an insurance company.