Woman detained for driving over 6-year-old's legs

Police in Guangdong province confirmed on Wednesday that they have detained a woman who was captured on camera riding a motorized scooter over a child's legs.

The woman, identified only as Chen, 29, was taken into custody on Tuesday and has confessed to assaulting a 6-year-old girl, according to a statement by the public security bureau in Yangjiang.

A police officer said that during interviews, Chen had said she intended only to frighten the child, as she was "being naughty by laying on the ground and refusing to go home for dinner".