Netizens aid police to save woman and son from suicide

A deputy police chief in North China has won praise for using Sina Weibo to help a mother who threatened to kill herself and her 5-year-old son.

The woman, Yang Juan, 36, wrote about her plans to commit suicide on the micro-blogging website on Monday night.

However, in what could be the first case in China of a tragedy prevented through crowdsourcing, Chen Li, deputy director of public security for Shaanxi province, asked netizens to identify the woman and sent an officer to her home.