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Chinese court ordered a mugger’s intended victim to pay his attacker
70,000 yuan ($11,000) after he fought off the attempted robbery and beat
him up, state-run media reported Wednesday. The court sentenced the
mugging target, identified only as Yuan, to three months’ probation
along with the fine, the Global Times newspaper said. The would-be
thief, named only as Zeng, tried to steal Yuan’s cell phone in Dongguan
but he turned on the mugger and chased after him with two other men, the
report said. The trio caught up with Zeng and beat him. A bruised Zeng
reported the February incident to police the next day and the three men
turned themselves in soon afterwards. Yuan and his co-defendants were
criminally liable since they did not report the attempted robbery to
police before taking action, Dongguan No. 3 People’s Court ruled
according to the Global Times. The men have said they will not appeal,
it added. Dongguan, in the southern province of Guangdong, is sometimes
dubbed “China’s Sin City” for its expansive red light district, the
target of a much- publicized crackdown last year. China’s Communist party
has emphasized improving the “rule of law” in China, but maintains that
the justice system must still ultimately answer to the ruling
organization. The report did not say whether Zeng had been prosecuted
for attempted theft.
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