Ma Aijun, the police chief of the district in the northern city of Tangshan where incident occurred earlier this month, along with four other officers was being probed for"severe disciplinary violations,” China Central Television reported Tuesday , citing the anti-graft agency in Hebei province.
The episode revived the #MeToo movement against gender inequality that President Xi Jinping’s government has repeatedly tried to suppress, spurring other Chinese women to share stories on social media about times men harassed them or how they feared leaving their homes at night. The Chinese government would be especially keen to avoid any flareup of #MeToo voices now given its preparations for a major party congress later this year that’s expected to hand Xi a third term in charge.
Weeks later, authorities in the eastern province of Jiangsu were accused of downplaying the case of a mother of eight filmed chained by the neck in a hut.
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