Sep 14, 2022 08:22 PM

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Local Party Chief Arrested for Alleged Rape of a Minor

By Cui Xiankang, Shi Jiaxiang and Wang Xintong

Photo: VCG

Photo: VCG

Police in Guixi, East China’s Jiangxi province, have detained a man, a party secretary of a local village and also delegate of the city’s legislature, on suspicion of raping a 12-year-old girl.

According to Caixin interviews, the girl, a resident of Liuqiao village, was raped on Saturday, the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a holiday marked by family reunions.

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