China jails man for 24 years over attack on women at restaurant

[beijingwalker]

China jails man for 24 years over attack on women at restaurant​

The June attack by several men in the city of Tangshan stirred a national conversation about gender-based violence after CCTV footage was shared online.

Sept. 23, 2022, 6:47 PM CST
By Rhoda Kwan

A man in northern China was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Friday in connection with an attack on four women at a restaurant that stirred a national conversation on gender-based violence.

The man, Chen Jizhi, was found guilty of eight charges relating to the June attack in the city of Tangshan, as well as other criminal activities uncovered during the ensuing investigation, according to a statement issued by Guangyang District Court in Langfang, Hebei Province.

The charges included picking quarrels and provoking trouble, intentional injury, and involvement in organized crime for the past decade.
The court found that Chen and four other men beat a woman surnamed Wang and three other women with punches, chairs and glass bottles inside the restaurant and in the alleyway outside after Wang resisted Chen’s advances. The attack left two of the women hospitalized.

The court also found the attackers were members of a local criminal organization whose activities dated to 2012, including kidnapping, robbery and the running of gambling operations.

The group “organized for evil, oppressed the people, disrupted the order of local economy and social life, and caused detrimental social impact,” the court statement read.

In addition to fining Chen 320,000 yuan (about $45,000), the court ordered him and six others to reimburse the four victims for medical and other costs arising from the attack.

Besides Chen, the other 27 defendants in the case were jailed for fixed terms ranging from six months to 11 years, while 19 of them were fined between 3,000 and 135,000 yuan (about $420 to $19,000).

The Tangshan attack, CCTV footage of which quickly spread online, elicited an outpouring of anger among Chinese internet users, many of whom voiced serious concerns over the treatment of women in the country.

China jails man for 24 years over attack on women at restaurant

The June attack by several men in the city of Tangshan stirred a national conversation about gender-based violence after CCTV footage was shared online.

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[kankan326]

Strangly no anti-China member here ever mentioned this incident.

 

[nahtanbob]

Strangly no anti-China member here ever mentioned this incident.

it was posted few months ago in a thread

 

[Beast]

There is justice in China and free media exists in China. China is safer than crime ridden and daily shooting USA.

 

[MH.Yang]

China's law stipulates that the maximum term of imprisonment is 24 years, and the only heavier punishment is life imprisonment, reprieve of death and death penalty.

So the total sentence of this man may exceed 24 years. But it has no life imprisonment level crime, so it can only be sentenced to 24 years

Let me calculate.

He injured four women, two of whom were slightly injured. Minor injuries and no cause disability, and he should be sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment.

Robbery, this should be a 6 year sentence.

Open a casino, this should be a 7 year sentence.

Illegal detention, which is a 6 year sentence.

Concealing criminal property is a 3 year sentence.

 

[beijingwalker]

Chen Jizhi and his wife cry in remorse, 24 years in prison, his life and marriage are finished

 

[Azadkashmir]

woah china government knows how dish out punishment.