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Party cadre detained for sex harassment on subway

2014-07-09 16:23 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Gu Liping
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The man was caught by ametuer video to have been trying to reach his hand under the victim's skirt. [Photo: Sinaweibo]

The man was caught by ametuer video to have been trying to reach his hand under the victim's skirt. [Photo: Sinaweibo]

The Shanghai Subway Police has detained the groper who molested a college girl on the city's metro system on June 29th.

The 38-year-old man, surnamed Wang, was videotaped by a witness while harassing the girl standing against the handrail beside his seat and trying to reach his hand under her skirt.

The victim, a 21-year-old undergraduate from the city of Taipei, didn't report to the police immediately.

The ametuer video went viral online while angry web users decided to dig deep to find out the man's identity through a "human flesh search," a term referring to the massive collaborative effort of Chinese netizens to identify a targeted individual or group.

Wang was found to be an executive and a party cadre at a state-owned travel agency in Shanghai, and was said to have gone to the police station with his boss after his identity was exposed last week.

Wang claimed he was under the influence of alcohol and didn't realize the severity of his regretable conduct.

The "all web search" meantime went as far as to have exposed Wang's wife's cellphone number and their home address.

Under huge pressure, Wang is reported to have asked to resign from his post at the travel agency.

His wife has also received many anonymous phone calls.

Lawyers with knowledge of the matter cautioned the suspect's privacy should also be respected as it is protected by law.

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