Public Security Official Loses Lawsuit for Online Attacks on Murdered Couple’s Daughters
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A district court in Shenzhen has ruled against a former public security official in East China’s Jiangxi province in an online defamation lawsuit, finding that he damaged the reputations of two daughters of a murdered couple when he attacked them for questioning the police response.
Shenzhen Longgang People’s Court ordered Xin Ping, former spokesperson of the Fuzhou Public Security Bureau, to make a public apology to the plaintiffs on his social media accounts and pay them 5,000 yuan ($690) in compensation for their emotional distress, one of the plaintiffs, Kang Leying, told Caixin this week.
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- A district court in Shenzhen ruled against Xin Ping for defaming the daughters of a murdered couple, ordering him to apologize publicly and pay 5,000 yuan in emotional damages.
- Xin Ping’s derogatory comments on social media were viewed nearly 50,000 times and deemed to have damaged the plaintiffs' reputations.
- The court ruled that Weibo, the social media platform, is not liable for Xin’s comments as it had no prior knowledge of the unlawful activity.
- January 2021：
- An ex-convict was convicted of murdering the couple and sentenced to death.
- June 2023：
- The lawsuit filed by Kang and her sister against Xin for maliciously defaming them on social media was heard.
- May 16, 2024：
- The Shenzhen district court made the judgment that Xin’s comments constituted infringement on the two plaintiffs’ rights to reputation.
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