Woman held over false rumor in suicide case
By Leeann Li |
May 10, 2013, Friday
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A WOMAN who allegedly spread an online rumor that a 22-year-old woman jumped to her death on May 3 after she was gang raped by seven people has been caught, Beijing police announced yesterday.
The suspect surnamed Ma, 28, admitted she spread the rumor on her microblog that the woman surnamed Yuan was gang-raped by seven security guards from a wholesale market and jumped to her death but that police had tried to cover it up, officers said.
Many netizens believed the post and reposted it on their microblogs. They also blamed the police for trying to cover up the truth.
Meanwhile, hundreds of migrant workers from east China's Anhui Province, Yuan's hometown, gathered outside the wholesale market on Wednesday morning, holding banners to demand justice for the dead woman.
Police released a statement yesterday denying Yuan had been murdered or sexually assaulted.
Yuan worked at Jingwen clothing mall in the capital's Fengtai District. She entered the mall on May 2 alone and fell to her death at around 5am the next day. She had not contacted anyone after entering the mall, an initial police investigation found.
Police ruled out allegations that she was poisoned, raped or murdered after examining surveillance video footage and conducting an autopsy.
She committed suicide and her relatives didn't object to the conclusion, police said.
At Wednesday's gathering outside the wholesale market, a group of people, including Yuan's boyfriend and relatives, were seen holding banners reading: "The father is severely ill and can't help his daughter, but Anhui fellows show their support."
The suspect surnamed Ma, 28, admitted she spread the rumor on her microblog that the woman surnamed Yuan was gang-raped by seven security guards from a wholesale market and jumped to her death but that police had tried to cover it up, officers said.
Many netizens believed the post and reposted it on their microblogs. They also blamed the police for trying to cover up the truth.
Meanwhile, hundreds of migrant workers from east China's Anhui Province, Yuan's hometown, gathered outside the wholesale market on Wednesday morning, holding banners to demand justice for the dead woman.
Police released a statement yesterday denying Yuan had been murdered or sexually assaulted.
Yuan worked at Jingwen clothing mall in the capital's Fengtai District. She entered the mall on May 2 alone and fell to her death at around 5am the next day. She had not contacted anyone after entering the mall, an initial police investigation found.
Police ruled out allegations that she was poisoned, raped or murdered after examining surveillance video footage and conducting an autopsy.
She committed suicide and her relatives didn't object to the conclusion, police said.
At Wednesday's gathering outside the wholesale market, a group of people, including Yuan's boyfriend and relatives, were seen holding banners reading: "The father is severely ill and can't help his daughter, but Anhui fellows show their support."
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