Police deployed in China to quell teen bullying case protest
Swat officers called to the Sichuan city of Jiangyou as crowd gathers to demand tougher penalties for alleged perpetrators
Police Swat teams were deployed in southwestern China earlier this week after a protest erupted over authorities’ handling of a school bullying case last month.
According to footage posted online, the protest occurred on Monday in the Sichuan city of Jiangyou, which is administered by Mianyang.
According to a video posted online by Chinese news site iFeng.com, hundreds of people gathered inside a government building in Jiangyou on Monday in support of parents of a teenaged girl who had reportedly been beaten and verbally abused at school by three students on July 22.
Footage of the bullying incident had been posted online, with rumours spreading that the alleged bullies’ parents were government officials or lawyers – claims that authorities denied on Tuesday.
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Police deployed in China to stop teen bullying case protest
As public anger rose, police in Jiangyou said two teen girls had been detained for allegedly assaulting and verbally abusing a 14-year-old girl.