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TV appeal after helper accused
By Dong Zhen |
September 20, 2011, Tuesday
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NEXT time you see a senior fallen on the street, before offering a helping hand take out your mobile phone and record them saying that you weren't to blame.
That may have been on the minds of many Chinese people yesterday after reading the latest "senior fall" news story, in which a woman who helped an elderly man after he fell on the street ended up accused of causing the accident.
This was the latest case in a spate of senior falls that has led to renewed debate over whether members of the public should come to the aid of stricken seniors.
Some elderly people have blamed the good samaritans for their falls in a bid to extract compensation.
Consequently, in some cases passersby were reluctant to become involved.
The latest incident took place in Shandong Province last Friday, reported Shandong Business Daily.
The woman, surnamed Liu, succeeded in proving her innocence by raising media attention and finding witnesses to the incident.
A local television station broadcast her appeal and a witness came forward and confirmed that Liu had not caused the accident.
Liu saw the man in his 90s fall while she rode past on her bicycle.
Before offering a helping hand, Liu asked people around to note that she had not been responsible for the fall.
At the time the elderly man stressed to Liu that his fall wasn't her fault.
However, shortly after his grandson arrived at the scene, the elderly man changed his story, claiming Liu knocked him down.
Liu said she called for the police to intervene, while still accompanying the senior and his grandson to hospital.
Although the younger man seemed not to believe his grandfather's claims, Liu was concerned and appealed through the media for witnesses.
"He thanked me at first," Liu said. "How could he change his words so quickly?"
"I would definitely not help if I encountered such a situation in future," she said in a TV interview.
The incident stirred debate among locals, with many people saying such cases damaged people's trust.
Last Wednesday, an 83-year-old man fell on the street in Tianjin City in northern China. Lying there bleeding from the head, he shouted, "Nobody hit me, I fell by myself," in order to get onlookers to help, Tianjin media reported.
In Wuhan City, the capital of Hubei Province in central China, earlier this month an 88-year-old man died after collapsing at a wet market.
He was left lying on the ground for more than an hour before he choked to death on his own blood.
That may have been on the minds of many Chinese people yesterday after reading the latest "senior fall" news story, in which a woman who helped an elderly man after he fell on the street ended up accused of causing the accident.
This was the latest case in a spate of senior falls that has led to renewed debate over whether members of the public should come to the aid of stricken seniors.
Some elderly people have blamed the good samaritans for their falls in a bid to extract compensation.
Consequently, in some cases passersby were reluctant to become involved.
The latest incident took place in Shandong Province last Friday, reported Shandong Business Daily.
The woman, surnamed Liu, succeeded in proving her innocence by raising media attention and finding witnesses to the incident.
A local television station broadcast her appeal and a witness came forward and confirmed that Liu had not caused the accident.
Liu saw the man in his 90s fall while she rode past on her bicycle.
Before offering a helping hand, Liu asked people around to note that she had not been responsible for the fall.
At the time the elderly man stressed to Liu that his fall wasn't her fault.
However, shortly after his grandson arrived at the scene, the elderly man changed his story, claiming Liu knocked him down.
Liu said she called for the police to intervene, while still accompanying the senior and his grandson to hospital.
Although the younger man seemed not to believe his grandfather's claims, Liu was concerned and appealed through the media for witnesses.
"He thanked me at first," Liu said. "How could he change his words so quickly?"
"I would definitely not help if I encountered such a situation in future," she said in a TV interview.
The incident stirred debate among locals, with many people saying such cases damaged people's trust.
Last Wednesday, an 83-year-old man fell on the street in Tianjin City in northern China. Lying there bleeding from the head, he shouted, "Nobody hit me, I fell by myself," in order to get onlookers to help, Tianjin media reported.
In Wuhan City, the capital of Hubei Province in central China, earlier this month an 88-year-old man died after collapsing at a wet market.
He was left lying on the ground for more than an hour before he choked to death on his own blood.
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