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Dead girl's parents take police to court The Changning District Public Security Bureau in Shanghai has been in court accused of contributing to the death of a girl who killed herself by jumping from a building last year. The girl's parents said the bureau failed to provide immediate assistance to her and stopped the mother from saving her too, which all led to her death. The Shanghai Changning District People's Court held the first hearing on Friday. "When I was approaching my apartment building at 9:15 pm on June 13 last year, a big crowd was outside. I found my daughter lying on the ground, still alive," said Jin Lunzhi, the mother. "Seeing my girl was in pain and no one was doing anything, I attempted to reach her, but was stopped by two policemen, who asked me to calm down and explained that they were protecting the scene." "I then tried to hire a taxi so I could take her to hospital myself. They stopped me, saying a taxi did not have any proper medical facilities." An ambulance finally appeared at 9:40 pm and took the young woman to the Changning District Central Hospital at 10 pm. "A doctor told me it was too late after a quick check," said Jin. That night, Yang Huifang, 23, passed away. "The policemen's failure to provide immediate assistance to the girl broke the law," said Zou Jialai, the couple's lawyer. "They also acted illegally by stopping the mother from saving the daughter herself as there is no such law prohibiting that." The couple are asking for 381,840 yuan (US$46,172) in compensation and a ruling that the bureau did act illegally. Xu Hui, a representative of the bureau, defended its actions. "Our first policeman arrived at 9:08 pm, five minutes after we got the call, and in one or two minutes the girl jumped from the building. There was no time to do anything," said Xu. "The police immediately called one of our stations, which then contacted the 120 Emergency Medical Aid Centre." Records from the centre show an ambulance was sent out at 9:12, but got caught in traffic. At 9:25, the policemen asked for help from the nearby Hongqiao Airport. Its ambulance arrived at 9:40 pm. "Anyone with a certain amount of medical knowledge would know that we should not move her in that situation and our policemen did exactly what they were trained to do," said Xu. Xu also denied that the girl's mother was stopped from saving her daughter. The court suspended the hearing, asking the couple to provide witnesses or notified testimonies proving the police did stop the mother from saving her daughter. Another hearing date will be announced later. Meanwhile, Gou Haifeng, a taxi driver in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to death on Friday for murdering his passenger, a college student. Gou, a migrant worker from Northeast China's Jilin Province, was accused of homicide and larceny, according to the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court. The murder took place on January 8 this year as Wu Jingjing, a senior student from Zhejiang University, took Gou's taxi home from college to her apartment in Binjiang District. After she arrived, she quarreled with Gou over the taxi fee. Gou strangled her in his taxi then threw her body into a vault. Gou then took the student's valuables including a laptop and mobile phone, according to local police. Eight days later, Wu's body was found by police and Gou was arrested the same day. Gou expressed regret for his crime but did not say whether he would appeal. "I want to say sorry to Wu's family, my boss and my family," said Gou in a confession to court officials before the hearing. Wu's case has aroused great public attention in the city. Many people are concerned about the safety of taking a taxi. |
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