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Police detain man photographed molesting foster sibling in public

2017/8/16 10:35:13   source:China Plus/China Daily

Nanjing police detained a man on Monday who was photographed molesting a girl in public, amid mounting anger online after the photos were released.

On Saturday evening, pictures showing a young man putting his hands inside the girl's dress and on her breast in a crowded waiting room at Nanjing South Railway Station were uploaded online.

Many netizens were shocked, as the girl, who a witness said was about ten to 12 years old, showed no sign of struggle and called the man "brother."

It has been reported that the girl is a foster child in the man's family.

According to the woman who took the pictures, the man's parents were sitting next to him at the time, and other relatives were also nearby.

"First, I heard the girl sitting opposite to me giggling on the man's lap, and I thought he was tickling her," said the witness surnamed Chen. "I was astonished when I noticed that his hands were not on her waist but on her chest."

"During the whole process, the girl just played with a cell phone and didn't struggle at all. The man's father finally noticed that people around were watching them and asked his son to stand up and leave the place," said the witness.

Chen, an 18-year-old college student, said she did not report the incident to the police immediately because the relatives of the man outnumbered her. Though the man touched the girl for at least five minutes and some people took pictures of them, nobody at the scene stopped him or called the police, Chen said.

Chen then sent the pictures to Chen Lan, a writer and NGO worker who has worked for years to protect abused children. The writer posted the pictures online and asked the police to help the girl.

According to Mo Jing, an officer with the Nanjing Railway public security department, the police took immediate action after receiving the report, and officers were sent to the man's hometown to investigate.

"We have sent policewomen to talk to the girl to make her feel comfortable," Mo said. "The results of the investigation will be released to the public online as soon as possible."

Mo said to protect the privacy of the girl, who is under 14, the details of the case cannot be revealed currently.

According to news outlet Modern Express, the detained man is from Henan Province and is a college student in Nanjing.

Chen Lan, who founded child-protection organization Home for Little Hope, said she was afraid the man might not be punished because of his relationship with the girl.

"The monitors may find many excuses and deny that it was molestation. They may even insist that it was normal touching among family members," she said.

"Abused children should be isolated from abusing family members immediately and helped by professionals, including medical workers, psychological experts and social workers," she added.

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