Man detained for spreading rumor of female college student's kidneys being removed and body being dumped

by se5673xfdt on 2012-03-09 16:08:26

Weibo and online posts claimed that in the recent days, three female students from Wuhan Textile University and Hubei Second Normal University were killed when they went to Guangu for job applications. They died a terrible death: their kidneys were removed. Weibo posts related to this incident have been forwarded over 14,000 times on Sina Weibo. There are even online posts claiming that 53 female students were kidnapped, with 50 of them being killed, which has led to netizens speculating about the motives of the criminals and worrying about public security. The police introduced to the "China Webstory" reporters that the online claims of "53 victims" and "kidney removal and body abandonment" do not match the facts. As of the time of writing, the reporter found on Sina Weibo and other famous microblogs that related rumors are still being continuously forwarded. (Reporters Liao Jun, Zhou Mengrong) On November 17, the police arrested Gan at an entertainment center in Wuchang. According to Gan's confession, since October this year, he had deceived two female students from Wuhan Textile University and Hubei Second Normal University to remote places under the guise of recruitment and killed them. The police also found that another case involving the murder of a young woman in September this year was also committed by Gan. Currently, Gan has been legally criminally detained. Investigations revealed that Gan is 41 years old, had previously been sentenced to many years in prison for robbery and other crimes, and was released from prison in 2009. He was working part-time in a company at the time of the crime. Weibo recommendation | Today's Weibo Hot Topics (Editor: SN010) On the morning of November 29, a Weibo post and online thread about "Wuhan university female students having their kidneys removed and bodies abandoned" caught widespread attention among netizens. The "China Webstory" reporter learned from the Wuhan Public Security Bureau that the online rumors about "kidney removal" are untrue. Currently, the public security department has arrested Gan, the suspect who used recruitment as a pretense to deceive and kill two female university students. The police stated that the female victims' kidneys were not removed, and the case is currently under further review. A relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau introduced to the "China Webstory" reporter that since late October this year, the Wuhan police have successively received reports from the public regarding the disappearance of two female students in the Donghu New Technology Development Zone. The police promptly arranged for relevant departments to search throughout the city. Through searching and investigation, important clues were obtained: the two female students might have been killed. The police quickly assembled capable forces to investigate the case and ultimately identified Gan, a villager from Ti Jiwan in Hongshan District, as having significant suspicion of committing the crime. This is a picture of the campus of the Sunshine Campus of Wuhan Textile University. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Yijiu. Related thematic articles: Two doctors receiving benefits fees from medical device companies are under trial; A contractor's wife was dissuaded from jumping off a building to demand wages (with picture); Fake drug producers rely on postal express companies to sell hundreds of thousands of bottles of medicine.