Surveillance footage of men attacking women in a restaurant in the north-eastern city of Tangshan has unleashed a flood of outrage on Chinese social media, prompting calls for punishment and renewing a debate over the treatment of women.
Surveillance footage of men assaulting women at a restaurant in the north-eastern city of Tangshan has unleashed a flood of outrage on Chinese social media, prompting state media calls for punishment and renewing a debate over the treatment of women.
All nine suspects involved in the case had been arrested as of Saturday afternoon and an investigation is under way, the local Public Security Bureau said in a Weibo post. Discussion of the assault has dominated Chinese social media, taking up the top six places of Weibo’s most-discussed topics. In a brief online commentary, state television called for the suspects to be severely punished.
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