Man beaten over molestation
By Leeann Li |
May 11, 2012, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
A DRUNKEN British man who was beaten by passers-by when seen molesting a woman near a busy road in Beijing on Tuesday night has been detained, Beijing police said yesterday.
Online video footage showed the man attempting to remove the panties of a young woman who was lying on the edge of a planted area along the street and cried for help.
The woman shouted, "No! No! I didn't know him," when a Chinese passer-by came to check what was happening. After a brief conversation, the passer-by suddenly started to hit the British man and cursed at him, saying, "Too rowdy! You bastard!"
As a crowd gathered, the British man lay motionless, his shirt torn, in the middle of the road near a Sogo department store.
Another Chinese passer-by attacked the man, shouting, "How dare you violate our Chinese girls!"
Someone blocked the enraged passer-by and pulled him away in order to prevent further injury to the British man.
Minutes later, a police car came up and took the drunken man to a police station. Beijing police said he had a tourist visa but they didn't reveal his identity.
The footage has become a hot topic on Weibo.
Pictures of the same British man making indecent gestures on a subway train also were circulated online.
Many commenters online asked the police not to punish the passers-by who beat the British man. Beijing police didn't disclose whether they were taken into custody or may face any other punishment.
Online video footage showed the man attempting to remove the panties of a young woman who was lying on the edge of a planted area along the street and cried for help.
The woman shouted, "No! No! I didn't know him," when a Chinese passer-by came to check what was happening. After a brief conversation, the passer-by suddenly started to hit the British man and cursed at him, saying, "Too rowdy! You bastard!"
As a crowd gathered, the British man lay motionless, his shirt torn, in the middle of the road near a Sogo department store.
Another Chinese passer-by attacked the man, shouting, "How dare you violate our Chinese girls!"
Someone blocked the enraged passer-by and pulled him away in order to prevent further injury to the British man.
Minutes later, a police car came up and took the drunken man to a police station. Beijing police said he had a tourist visa but they didn't reveal his identity.
The footage has become a hot topic on Weibo.
Pictures of the same British man making indecent gestures on a subway train also were circulated online.
Many commenters online asked the police not to punish the passers-by who beat the British man. Beijing police didn't disclose whether they were taken into custody or may face any other punishment.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
