More than a dozen passers-by ignored a two-year-old girl as she lay critically injured on a street in southern China after being run over twice, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday.
The incident has sparked outrage on China's hugely popular social media sites.
Surveillance cameras showed a series of people walk past the girl, named Yue Yue, after she was hit first by a van and then a truck outside her family's shop in the southern Chinese city of Foshan.
Xinhua said a rubbish collector who finally came to the girl's aid, moving her to the curb and shouting for help, was ignored by several shopkeepers before he finally tracked down her mother who took her to hospital.
In response, one netizen on Sina Weibo, a Chinese micro-blog similar to Twitter, wrote: "This society is seriously ill. Even cats and dogs shouldn't be treated so heartlessly."
But others linked the incident to an earlier case in which a man who tried to help an elderly woman after she fell over was prosecuted, apparently because his intervention broke government rules on dealing with accident victims.
Doctors said Yue Yue was in a coma and unlikely to survive the ordeal.
"She would not be able to survive any operations. She's very close to brain death," a spokesman for the hospital treating her told AFP.
Police have detained the drivers of both vehicles involved in the incident, Xinhua said.
Goodness! Poor girl! Heartless PRCs.
actually this is explainable:
cos someone kanna got sued by the supposed victim who accused the good hearted person of hurting him or her
then, in the end, the good hearted person have to pay money to settle the case
If in SG, still can help
if outside SG, case by case ler....see if u know the person
Anyway, it is a sad world!
Originally posted by Mr Milo:
actually this is explainable:
cos someone kanna got sued by the supposed victim who accused the good hearted person of hurting him or her
then, in the end, the good hearted person have to pay money to settle the case
If in SG, still can help
if outside SG, case by case ler....see if u know the person
Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:Anyway, it is a sad world!
The girl and the dad and mom are Northerners. They are not natives of Foshan. The Southerners of course will not give a damn when the Northerners come to their land and snatch their ricebowls. Just like many Northerners Chinese now come to Singapore whose population is made up of mostly Southern Chinese, we do not give a damn when they come to our land and snatch our ricebowls.
"I come from 5000 years of cultural baptism." PRC delivery driver who boasted about beating up the Sg Malay guy.
In response, one netizen on Sina Weibo, a Chinese micro-blog similar to Twitter, wrote: "This society is seriously ill. Even cats and dogs shouldn't be treated so heartlessly."
The society he is referring to is China society.
Expecting more and more tales of horror to surface from China.
Wont be surprised if one day they catch a serial murderer there responsible for 100 unsolved murders.
You can view the video here: It starts at like around 1 minute I believe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVvmT9SKgrQ&feature=player_embedded
It's just enraging.
Duty to rescue.
1 000 000 000 minus 1 ~= 1 000 000 000 still.
Well, China Society is seriously ill.
People get charged in the past for helping the victims. So over time, nobody would bother, thus create the new China culture.
"In 2006, Peng Yu(å½å®‡) helped an old woman named Xu Shoulan who fell down when running for the bus to go to the hospital. Then the court concluded that "it was likely that Peng Yu had collided with Ms Xu and he should compensate 40% of the treatment cost of Xu Shoulan". This is the well-known "Case of Peng Yu in Nanjing". --- Dont do extra.
i tink this has gotta do with china's policy of male child vs female child and their 1 child policy thing also. This incident wld probably have been different if it was a little boy instead of a little girl. But nevertheless, this is totally bullshit in the way the ppl walks pass. These are the ppl who shld have been sentenced to jail.
China is a place of extremes. There are as many saints as there are farking animals.
china has a long way to go in terms of humanity.
whats the point of the country advancing so quickly when their mindset is still a few hundred yrs behind?
Earlier media reports that Yueyue, the toddler who was knocked down by two vehicles outside a market in Foshan, has passed away have turned out to be false.
Yueyue's mother has appeared on Sina Weibo herself to clarify the situation. She said that while Yueyue was still unable to breathe on her own, her situation has stabilised, and she has regained some sensation in her limbs. Doctors say that her chances of recovery are now better than earlier estimated.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Yueyue's father lamented, “What’s up with people these days? They make so many excuses to turn a blind eye. The society is so indifferent, so heartless.”
His only hope now though is for his child's survival. “Yueyue is so lovely, often amuses us. Sometime if I quarrelled with her mother and if her mother cried, she would tell us not to cry, she always tried to amuse us. I don’t have any thoughts now, I just hope my child will wake up and call me Dad again,” he said.
Meanwhile, the first driver who knocked down Yueyue has also been apprehended by the police. Chinese media reports say he had just broken up with his girlfriend and was on his cell phone when he hit the girl.
He had called Yueyue's father to say he would never surrender, and that he could give him some money if that was what he wished. When a journalist called (tune in to the call below), he revealed that he was planning to escape to Xinjiang.
"You saw that girl on the CCTV footage, she didn't see where she was going, you know. I was on the phone when it happened, I didn't mean it," he said. "When I realised I had knocked her down, I thought I'd go down to see how she was. Then when I saw that she was already bleeding, I decided to just step on the gas pedal and escape seeing that nobody was around me."
"If she is dead, I may pay only about 20,000 yuan ($3,125). But if she is injured, it may cost me hundreds of thousands yuan," he added.
Originally posted by kenn3th:Foshan toddler Yueyue still under intensive care
By Kenneth Tan on Oct 17, 2011
Doctors earlier declared Yueyue "brain dead" and said she would most likely remain in a vegetative state. // Photo via China Daily
Earlier media reports that Yueyue, the toddler who was knocked down by two vehicles outside a market in Foshan, has passed away have turned out to be false.
Yueyue's mother has appeared on Sina Weibo herself to clarify the situation. She said that while Yueyue was still unable to breathe on her own, her situation has stabilised, and she has regained some sensation in her limbs. Doctors say that her chances of recovery are now better than earlier estimated.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Yueyue's father lamented, “What’s up with people these days? They make so many excuses to turn a blind eye. The society is so indifferent, so heartless.”
His only hope now though is for his child's survival. “Yueyue is so lovely, often amuses us. Sometime if I quarrelled with her mother and if her mother cried, she would tell us not to cry, she always tried to amuse us. I don’t have any thoughts now, I just hope my child will wake up and call me Dad again,” he said.
Meanwhile, the first driver who knocked down Yueyue has also been apprehended by the police. Chinese media reports say he had just broken up with his girlfriend and was on his cell phone when he hit the girl.
He had called Yueyue's father to say he would never surrender, and that he could give him some money if that was what he wished. When a journalist called (tune in to the call below), he revealed that he was planning to escape to Xinjiang.
"You saw that girl on the CCTV footage, she didn't see where she was going, you know. I was on the phone when it happened, I didn't mean it," he said. "When I realised I had knocked her down, I thought I'd go down to see how she was. Then when I saw that she was already bleeding, I decided to just step on the gas pedal and escape seeing that nobody was around me."
"If she is dead, I may pay only about 20,000 yuan ($3,125). But if she is injured, it may cost me hundreds of thousands yuan," he added.
china really need to revamp their laws.
the govt and its people are equally guilty.
Originally posted by dragg:china really need to revamp their laws.
the govt and its people are equally guilty.
The worse part is showing no guilty for running over that poor lil girl
even adamant that he is not at fault.. but externalising to other factors such as talking on the phone... broken up with girlfriend .......
Then trying to pay his way off..
He should be sent to the firing squad and then have his body run over by 2 tanks..
This is not the worst I've heard of mankind.
Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:Goodness! Poor girl! Heartless PRCs.
As if it would have been too differenent in SG. It's something to do with the Chinese race as whole to kill everyone and eat all living things.
THE WORLD BLOODY COUNTRY IS ONE FUCKED UP I SAY. THE PARENTS - HOW THE HELL WILL ANYONE LEAVE A TODDLER WONDERING THE STREETS LIKE SHE OWNED IT ISSIT?
THE PASSER BYS - GOOD IN IGNORING A LIFE, GOOD IN GIVING EXCUSES. BUT WHY DO YOU THINK THEY DO SO? PROBABLY THE POLICE GAHMEN ALSO CORRUPTED, CANN ANYHOW ACCUESE PEOPLE TO CLOSE A CASE THAT CANNOT BE CLOSED WITH NO OTHER WITNESS CATCHING THE DRIVERS HIT AND RUN.
THE HEARTLESS DRIVERRS. CAPTURED ON FILM 1 HIT AND RUN DRIVER IS OKAY.BUT WE HAVE 2, 3 OR MORE! NO ONE OF THEM EVEN BOTHER TO STOP AND TAKE A LOOK, JUST DRIVE ON!
PLEASE, THE WORLD SHOULD WATCH IT AND BOY-COOT CHINA. MOVE YOUR BUSINESSESS OUT. WHEN THEY START SEEING HOW BAD THEYA RE EVEN AFTER SO MANY YEARS THEY WILL STARTED TO LEARN.
ww2 DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. YOU THINK IF ALL THE PEOPLE EACH AND EVERYOE OF THEM STOOD UP THEY WILL BE BULLIED AND GET INVADED? NO! A LOT OF THE EVIL THEY PROBABLY DO IT THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE. WHY? ANY AGRESSORS CAN JUST PAY A KAMPONG OF POOR MEN AND THEY CAN HELP DO ALL THE DIRTY WORK - TRAITORS, FIGHT, KILL - FOR MONEY.
the saddest moment ...
May Buddha Bless Yue Yue!
This is a cold and cruel world
Originally posted by troublemaker2005:THE WORLD BLOODY COUNTRY IS ONE FUCKED UP I SAY. THE PARENTS - HOW THE HELL WILL ANYONE LEAVE A TODDLER WONDERING THE STREETS LIKE SHE OWNED IT ISSIT?
THE PASSER BYS - GOOD IN IGNORING A LIFE, GOOD IN GIVING EXCUSES. BUT WHY DO YOU THINK THEY DO SO? PROBABLY THE POLICE GAHMEN ALSO CORRUPTED, CANN ANYHOW ACCUESE PEOPLE TO CLOSE A CASE THAT CANNOT BE CLOSED WITH NO OTHER WITNESS CATCHING THE DRIVERS HIT AND RUN.
THE HEARTLESS DRIVERRS. CAPTURED ON FILM 1 HIT AND RUN DRIVER IS OKAY.BUT WE HAVE 2, 3 OR MORE! NO ONE OF THEM EVEN BOTHER TO STOP AND TAKE A LOOK, JUST DRIVE ON!
PLEASE, THE WORLD SHOULD WATCH IT AND BOY-COOT CHINA. MOVE YOUR BUSINESSESS OUT. WHEN THEY START SEEING HOW BAD THEYA RE EVEN AFTER SO MANY YEARS THEY WILL STARTED TO LEARN.
ww2 DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. YOU THINK IF ALL THE PEOPLE EACH AND EVERYOE OF THEM STOOD UP THEY WILL BE BULLIED AND GET INVADED? NO! A LOT OF THE EVIL THEY PROBABLY DO IT THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE. WHY? ANY AGRESSORS CAN JUST PAY A KAMPONG OF POOR MEN AND THEY CAN HELP DO ALL THE DIRTY WORK - TRAITORS, FIGHT, KILL - FOR MONEY.
stop your anti-china talk.
Originally posted by dragg:stop your anti-china talk.
Ok fine, 1 in 19 Chinese are not heartless.