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Girl sold herself for mom: Dilemma of Internet charity
(Southern Metropolis Daily/zonaeu)
Updated: 2005-11-07 09:39

On October 10, Bafenzhai met Chen Yi at Southwestern University. According to the investigative report published by Bafenzhai afterwards, "Chen Yi was simply dressed. She wore a leisure jacket on top, gray Nike pants (which she said were counterfeited), a pair of well-worn Nike shoes and her hairstyle was just as shown in the newspapers but dyed, curled on top and straight downwards. By appearance, she was an ordinary university student and not living in luxury as the rumors go."

During the investigation, Bafenzhai confirmed the basic situation and the mother-daughter team were cooperative. Chen Yi let Bafenzhai and others verify the account information at the Industrial and Commercial Bank.

Up to the day when donations were cut off, the total amount was about 104,000 yuan. Bafenzhai told a Chongqing netizen Huaideguang who was generally more sympathetic to Chen Yi that the bank accounts looked alright. Bafenzhai also visited the Luzhou Prosecutorial Office to learn about the donations and expenditures from last year. Chen Yi also brought Bafenzhai and others to visit their home in Luzhou.

But Chen Yi was still dishonest about certain matters, and that left Bafenzhai quite disappointed. The most touchy point was the remittances that did not go through the bank. At first, Chen Yi told Bafenzhai that she only received 2,200 yuan from such remittances. But the CCTV reporter at the scene interjected: "Didn't you say more than 7,000 yuan?" Chen Yi began to cry: "I trust CCTV. I don't trust the netizens and I don't trust you people!" Finally, she admitted that there was one remittance of 6,000 yuan and the total was more than 10,000 yuan. There were also foreign currency remittances.

After returning to Shenzhen, Bafenzhai published his investigative report in serial form. The report was immediately placed at the top of the Tianya Club home page and caused quite a stir. By the second day, there were more than 20,000 hits with more than 2,000 comments. People praised what he did: "The Internet is a virtual world, but there are still people who have their feet on the ground and taken concrete actions in order to bring the truth to the netizens. This is truly admirable!"
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