School Bully Sentenced to 3 Months of Jail After Defamation Case
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A woman in eastern China has won a defamation case against a high school classmate who bullied her and spread insulting rumours about her for nine years, according to a newspaper report.
Wang Jingjing, 25, from Wenling, Zhejiang province, had suffered from verbal and physical bullying by her classmates since 2009, Yangtse Evening Post reported on Saturday.
Students at Zhejiang Wenling High School made up and circulated online rumours that Wang was a prostitute and that she had falsely claimed to be extremely wealthy, according to the report.
The bullying continued after she graduated and went to college, when she was traced and insulting comments were made on online forums and social media sites that she used.
Wang sued a leader of the bullying, Jiang Qi, 25, who was sentenced to three months’ detention on Thursday.
“I hope victims of campus bullying and cyber violence can protect their own interests and rights like me, and don’t let their lives be ruined by someone else’s mistakes,” Wang was quoted by China National Radio as saying.
Wang submitted 14 pages of screenshots of insulting and defamatory comments that Jiang left on social media site Zhihu, the newspaper report said.
A key piece of evidence was a post viewed 6,278 times on Zhihu in which Jiang alleged that Wang “only charges 500 yuan for a night”.
China’s top court and prosecutor announced in 2013 that creators of online rumours viewed by more than 5,000 people or reposted more than 500 times would be charged with defamation.
During Wang’s high school years, a fellow student slapped her in her face repeatedly as a result of the rumours, and thousands of pupils visited her classroom to find her. Wang suffered from depression and tried to kill herself several times.
Jiang has launched an appeal against the verdict.
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