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Justice for Yue Yue - the lovely angel
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A driver who ran over a toddler in a
hit-and-run accident that shocked China has been sentenced to
three-and-a-half years in prison, a court spokeswoman told today.
The death of the two-year-old girl, nicknamed Yue Yue, triggered a huge public outcry after surveillance camera footage of her being hit by two vehicles last October in the southern Chinese city of Foshan was posted online.
At least 18 people were shown walking past the girl as she lay in the street critically injured, before a female rubbish collector finally picked her up and moved her to the curb. The video went viral, shocking the Chinese public and triggering an outbreak of national soul-searching about the impact of rapid development and urbanization on society. Hu Jun was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for accidentally causing the toddler's death by hitting her with his car, a spokeswoman for the court in Foshan's Nanhai district said.
Hu was given a lighter sentence than he might otherwise have received because he voluntarily turned himself into local police after the accidental killing, and paid part of Yue Yue's medical fees. Those images of the accident are lodged deep into the minds of the public. Rest in peace Yue Yue, we can't get you back but we all pray for you. Any driver doing this again should be flogged in public.
Post comment Comment (5 replies)
- Reply lushanshan9010
- At this moment, I've no idea what to say. What on earth is wrong with people around us?
- Reply 沧海一粟
- Very sad and angry to see "at least 18 people were shown walking past the girl as she lay in the street critically injured, before a female rubbish collector finally picked her up and moved her to the curb."
- Reply loly90
- A man without human nature is so chilling. A apathetic and numb peopel is so terrible, so cold they are! Why they act like this? They should be condemned, so is the society. We people lack this sense of responsibility to help others when seeing them getting into trouble. A rapid economy development without people's moral improvement is not a good society.
- Reply Vicky-gogo
- I feel so sad for this accident.In fact ,a lot of chinese feel sad and angry.we hope that such kind of tragedy won't happen again.
