Dozens officials in China face punishment over case involving chained woman, local government governor dismissed

[beijingwalker]

Dozens officials in China face punishment over case involving chained woman, local government governor dismissed​

Reuters
February 23, 2022

BEIJING, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have launched a criminal investigation of nine people in connection with a woman who appeared chained by the neck in a video on social media that went viral and sparked a public outcry, state media reported on Wednesday.

The video, which surfaced in late January, showed the woman in an apparently confused state in the eastern province of Jiangsu and was seen by millions, stirring debate over the treatment of women and issues including the trafficking of brides.

As well as the nine facing criminal investigation, 17 county-level officials have been punished in connection with the case, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Investigators said the woman, 44, originally from the southwestern province of Yunnan, was sold twice by human traffickers in Feng county, the first time in 1997 for 5,000 yuan ($800), CCTV said.

She ran away the following year and ended up with her current husband after being sold to his father, CCTV said.

The broadcaster said the woman had eight children with her current husband, seven of them over nine years until 2020. Her mental state worsened after giving birth to the third child in 2012, the investigation team said, according to CCTV.

Nine people who were directly involved in the selling and buying of the woman in Feng County were either arrested or put under criminal investigation for abuse or trafficking of women, CCTV said.

The county's Communist Party chief, Lou Hai and its governor, Zheng Chunwei, were dismissed from their posts for failing to "uphold people's rights and interests" and for approving the release of incorrect statements that "caused severe bad influence", CCTV reported.

Another 15 county officials received lesser punishments.

The county government had previously issued conflicting statements that had added to public anger over the case, CCTV said.

Doctors diagnosed the woman with schizophrenia and she is being treated at a hospital, it said.

Dozens in China face punishment over case involving chained woman

Chinese authorities have launched a criminal investigation of nine people in connection with a woman who appeared chained by the neck in a video on social media that went viral and sparked a public outcry, state media reported on Wednesday.

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[jamahir]

Chaining up like a habitual criminal ? That's so wrong.

 

[MH.Yang]

Chaining up like a habitual criminal ? That's so wrong.

There is still a serious problem of human trafficking in China.

 

[beijingwalker]

Chinese social media is actually functioning much better than their western counterparts , public woes being brought up and discussed by hundreds of millions relentlessly, even every small local matter could get the central government quick attention thus being addressed and dealt with swiftly, incompetent government officials are quickly sacked or punished. Last summer, over 100 officials were punished and jailed in Zhengzhou city for inadequate prevention and coverup after an unprecedented flood.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Chinese social media is actually functioning much better than their western counterparts , public woes being brought up and discussed by hundreds of millions relentlessly,

Are you kidding me. If somebody just calls somebody a name in the US it makes world news.

 

[redtom]

Are you kidding me. If somebody just calls somebody a name in the US it makes world news.

But while the world spent three days talking about a killed dog in China, 10,000 people died of COVID-19 in the United States. I don't think American lives are that important.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

But while the world spent three days talking about a killed dog in China,

Well unfortunately that is the way the world press works. 3 people die in an earthquake in Dali City last year and nobody outside of China hears about it or cares.

Some lady gets called a slur while walking down the street in the US and it makes world news.

 

[redtom]

Well unfortunately that is the way the world press works. 3 people die in an earthquake in Dali City last year in China and nobody hears about it or cares.

Some lady gets called a slur while walking down the street in the US and it makes world news.

So the media is just a pile of shit. Looks like we're on the same page.

 

[beijingwalker]

Well unfortunately that is the way the world press works. 3 people die in an earthquake in Dali City last year in China and nobody hears about it or cares.

You'll know it if you check the news and Dali officials care, it's about their political future,

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[hualushui]

Well unfortunately that is the way the world press works. 3 people die in an earthquake in Dali City last year in China and nobody hears about it or cares.

Some lady gets called a slur while walking down the street in the US and it makes world news.

A building collapsed, 100 people died, and no U.S. officials were disciplined.
This is the so-called low human rights advantage.

 

[beijingwalker]

A building collapsed, 100 people died, and no U.S. officials were disciplined.
This is the so-called low human rights advantage.

There is no accountability in US politics, in Chinese politics, it is everything.

8 arrested, 89 punished over central China flood response

8 arrested, 89 punished over central China flood response-

www.news.cn

 

[Song Hong]

The punishment is not strong enough. These officials are indeed the co-conspirator of human traffickers. They must be subjected to human traffiker law instead of just being fired.

The accountability is not enough.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

And it is really hilarious when the US media used this story to demonize the communist Party of China.

 

[MH.Yang]

The punishment is not strong enough. These officials are indeed the co-conspirator of human traffickers. They must be subjected to human traffiker law instead of just being fired.

The accountability is not enough.

The woman was trafficked in 1997, and most of these officials took office after 2017. The mistake of these officials is that they did not find the trafficked women in time, but they should not be accomplices.

Trafficking in human beings is a felony in China. The maximum penalty is the death penalty. Even the slightest accomplice will be sentenced to more than 10 years. I don't believe that some officials will take such a big risk for a little money.

Trafficking groups active in China usually come from Vietnam and Myanmar.

 

[Song Hong]

The woman was trafficked in 1997, and most of these officials took office after 2017. The mistake of these officials is that they did not find the trafficked women in time, but they should not be accomplices.

Trafficking in human beings is a felony in China. The maximum penalty is the death penalty. Even the slightest accomplice will be sentenced to more than 10 years. I don't believe that some officials will take such a big risk for a little money.

Trafficking groups active in China usually come from Vietnam and Myanmar.

<<<<Trafficking groups active in China usually come from Vietnam and Myanmar.>>>>

Total BS.

The biggest traffick communities are local officials who facilitate fake IDs.

They now merely get fired for the act not even serving a day in jail. Who is the death penalties?