The article published exclusively in our newspaper yesterday, entitled "Cleaner 'Picks Up' 14kg of Gold Jewelry and May Face Charges," caused a huge stir in society after its publication. Major portal sites reprinted the article in prominent positions, and many websites launched online polls to gather netizens' opinions on the Liang Li case. By 5 PM yesterday, over 600,000 netizens had voted in support of the view that Liang Li's actions should not be classified as theft.
Among all the voting websites, Liang Li's support rate reached over 90%. There were also some netizens who believed that Liang Li should face legal punishment.