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Rape complaints have recently been on the rise in Chinese media the past few days such as the Hunan woman who was placed inside a suitcase naked after she was raped and a Chinese migrant in Australia raped and killed by the husband of her aunt.
On Tuesday, in faraway Liberia in Africa, a Chinese miner was accused by a 14-year-old girl of rape. The suspect works at the Bong Mines located at Fuamah District in Lower Bong County. The suspect, Pan Wuu, is a contractor with the China Union (Liberia) Investment Bong Mining Company, reported Liberianobserver.
Pan Wuu met the victim while she was walking home and asked for her phone number or if she has a boyfriend. While she said “no” to both question, he still gave her his number which she called the next day, June 20, according to the police. He brought her to his accommodation at the steel factory in the mines area, asked the victim to remove her clothes and had sexual intercourse with the female teen, reported AllAfrica.
After sex, Wuu took her photo while she was still naked, and he posted the image on his Facebook page which was seen by someone who knew the victim and tipped police. According to the Liberia News Agency, the Chinese miner was arraigned before the Bong Mines Magisterial Court.
What is quite unusual is that Stipendiary Magistrate Joel Tarkpah, upon hearing news of the rape, asked the police to assign the case to him, conducted a preliminary investigation and even detained Wuu at the Bong Mines’ police cell. But the parents of the victim agreed to a waiver of the rape case which resulted in the Chinese man released.
Wuu then took the opportunity to flee Liberia by flying home to China on the pretext he would go on a vacation.
In the comments section of the Liberianobserver, reader Emotionz Smith from Washington DC found it absurd that the parents waived a rape case. Franky Chan believes the parents were bribed. Joan George suggested that the photo of Wuu be requested from Bong Mines and ask the help of Interpol in tracking the alleged rapist and sending him to prison.
