CCP Repressing Mass Protests Over Brazen Beating of 14 Year-Old Girl

CCP Repressing Mass Protests Over Brazen Beating of 14 Year-Old Girl - The police forcibly dispersed thousands of protesters who joined the girl’s family in demanding apologies from the bullies. It’s unclear how many were detained.

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Aug 8, 2025 - 09:54
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CCP Repressing Mass Protests Over Brazen Beating of 14 Year-Old Girl

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Thousands of people took to the streets in China’s southwestern Sichuan Province on Aug. 4 after schoolgirls posted a video of them severely beating a 14-year-old peer. The video has since gone viral, sparking national outrage at the bullies’ brazenness and what protestors say is an inadequate response by school authorities.

Witnesses, who are not named for their safety, told the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times that demonstrators in support of the victim and her family were being forcibly dispersed by police armed with batons and pepper spray. Some protesters were taken away.
In the video taken by associates of the assailants on July 22, the 14-year girl, identified by her surname Lai by local police, is repeatedly and violently kicked, slapped, and flogged. Not fearing any repercussions for their actions, the bullies posted the footage of the attack, which was circulated widely on social media by Aug. 2, despite authorities attempts to censor information about the incident.

In the video, Lai is heard saying that her father will go to the police if she is hurt. One of her attackers then dismisses Lai’s plea, saying she had already been taken into police custody at the local police station more than ten times only to be released within 20 minutes each time.

Violent incidents of school bullying have been plaguing children and their families in communist China for many years, with critics saying that lenient punishments have contributed to the bullying epidemic, as well as an ongoing culture of violence in Chinese society under the iron fist of the CCP.

According to local state media the Fujiang Observer, Lai and her father went to the police to report the attack around 10 p.m. local time on the day of the attack. She was examined in hospital on the same night.

As video of the beating and messages of outrage over the handling of the attack continued to spread online—being reposted in China and by observers overseas to bypass the Chinese Communist Party’s internet censors—Jiangyou city police issued a statement on Aug. 4, identifying three female perpetrators by their surnames. Two of the girls, Liu A and Liu B, are 15 and 13 respectively. The third perpetrator was identified as 14-year-old Peng. There were also others in the group who took the video as their peers assaulted Lai.

The police said that Lai had sustained “minor injuries,” including to her scalp, knees, and other places. The statement added that Liu A and Peng had received “administrative punishment” and would be “sent to a special school for correctional education,” and that the guardians of the others present at the scene of the attack had been told to discipline their children.

As of Aug. 4, the victim and her family had yet to receive any apology from the perpetrators, according to state media China Jiangxi Radio and TV Station.

The outlet confirmed earlier reports that Lai is the child of a disabled deaf and mute mother, and that the same perpetrators had bullied Lai on multiple occasions. Lai’s family couldn’t verify the claim that the bullying was related to her mother’s disability, the report added.

On the same day, local cyber police said they had punished two women who allegedly “fabricated and posted rumors” about the bullies’ family backgrounds. The police dismissed rumors alleging that the perpetrators’ parents included a lawyer and a senior police officer, saying that two of the parents are unemployed and four are low-skilled workers.

Also on Aug. 4, Lai’s parents, uncle, and several thousand of others gathered at the city’s government building, according to witnesses who spoke to The Epoch Times.
Footage circulated online, and censored on Chinese websites, showed intense scuffles between police and protesters. Some protesters were calling for international attention as the province hosts the 2025 World Games in its capital city, Chengdu, from Aug. 7–17. The opening ceremony of the games is scheduled for 8 p.m. local time on Aug. 7.
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A witness told The Epoch Times that the police were forcibly dispersing protesters, and arresting those who took videos. Another said that the police had shipped some protesters away in a lorry.
According to the Fujiang Observer, as of Aug. 6, the perpetrators and their families have apologized, and Lai’s family has requested privacy and expressed their wishes to return to normality. Some have expressed concerns that the family’s request was made under duress.
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