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Friday, 10 May 2013

Woman Is Arrested in Rape Rumor That Ignited Beijing Protest

The Beijing police say they have arrested a woman for spreading online rumors in connection with the death of a migrant worker that touched off a rare protest in the Chinese capital on Wednesday.


A 28-year-old Beijing woman surnamed Ma was arrested Thursday for writing on Sina Weibo, China’s largest Twitter-like microblog service, that the dead woman had been raped by seven security guards at a clothing market and then jumped from the building.


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New York Times via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/9Js12COepXQ/

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