A protest erupted in Jiangyou, China, after three teenagers beat a 14-year-old girl, provoking outrage over bullying in the education system. The police responded by sending two assailants to a correctional school, while emphasizing parental responsibility. Bystanders filmed the incident, sharing it online, which intensified public furor. Protests gathered outside city hall, where police confronted demonstrators. The incident trended on Weibo before censorship. Many online criticized the lenient punishment as contributing to the teenagers' perceived arrogance, reflecting broader concerns about juvenile justice in China.
Police said two teenage girls were being sent to a correctional school for assaulting and verbally abusing a 14-year-old girl surnamed Lai. The beating, which took place last month and caused multiple bruises to Lai's scalp and knees, was filmed by bystanders who shared it online.
The case drew outrage online from some lamenting that the teenagers' punishment did not go further. Later on Monday, people gathered outside the city hall in Jiangyou, in Sichuan province, with large crowds stretching around the block.
Video confirmed as having been shot outside the city hall showed at least two people being forcibly pulled aside by a group of blue-shirted and plainclothes police, and a woman in a black dress being dragged away by her limbs.
On Tuesday, the city of Jiangyou was the second top-trending topic on the Weibo social media platform, before it and related hashtags were censored. The sentence is too light that is why they were so arrogant, one top-liked Weibo comment.
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