A man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for brutally attacking four women at a restaurant.
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Four women were brutally beaten by Chen and four other men at a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan after one of them rejected his sexual proposal. A group of attackers dragged a woman by her hair, hit her with bottles and kicked her in the head while she was on the ground.
Chen was found guilty of eight charges related to the attack and other criminal activities that were uncovered by the police during their investigation. Picking quarrels and provoking trouble were some of the charges he was found guilty of.
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According to reports, he was fined tens of thousands of dollars. He was ordered to reimburse the victims of the Tangshan attack.
Two of the victims had second degree minor injuries, while the other two women had light injuries.
27 other defendants have been sentenced with terms ranging from 6 months to 11 years. Nineteen of Chen's associates were fined between 3000 and 135,000 yuan.
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The group disrupted the order of local economy and social life and caused detrimental social impact according to the court statement.
15 officials are being investigated for corruption involving "evil organizations" associated with the attackers. The head of a district police station in Tangshan was one of eight civil servants who were taken into custody on suspicion of taking bribes.
Despite widespread censorship, there is an international discussion of gender-based violence and women's safety in mainland China. The graphic video of the brutal attack became widely shared on social media, causing outrage among Netizens who have since spotlighted gender inequality and violence against women in the country
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