Public outrage as China dorm manager denies student’s curfew request to see dying relative
Student pleaded for an hour and a half, kneeling before dorm manager’s room, but middle-aged woman just sat on bed, unresponsive
A college student in China missed her last chance to see a dying relative after her dormitory manager insisted on the curfew rule, sparking public fury.
Many from the Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic in southern China’s Guangdong province posted the young woman’s accusations against dorm managers’ indifference in their dorm group chat, on November 24.
The woman, whose identity was undisclosed, said her family notified her about a family member’s sudden critical condition at night. She did not disclose details of the condition.
She said she immediately bought a ticket for the earliest flight at 7.30am and received permission to leave from her student supervisor.
But when she intended to leave the dorm around 5am to catch the flight, the dorm’s manager refused to open the gate for her, insisting that the dorm does not allow students to go out during the night curfew from 11pm to 6.30am.
The woman said she begged for one and a half hours, and even knelt down in front of the dorm manager’s room, but the middle-aged woman did nothing but sit on her bed.
