Three young men who stopped a thief from escaping from a mall have been arrested and charged with assaulting the thief. The three are currently out on bail.
The three young men, all around 20 years old, apprehended the thief after they saw him loitering around with a big bag looking ‘suspicious’ in October. The police were called and the thief was arrested and taken away. It turned out that he had stolen around 5,000 RMB’s worth of goods.
However, the story continued, as the thief is now pressing charges against the three men, claiming that they assaulted him. At first, this was seen by police as a tactic to delay trial, but after further investigation, police discovered that the thief had in fact been injured. He had a lung contusion on his left side among other injuries.
When questioned by the police, the three men admitted to kicking the thief while he was on the floor, claiming that “they couldn’t help it” because the thief was so “arrogant”.
The three, who were originally congratulated by various staff of the mall, have now been criticized by the mall’s management, who footed the cost for the thief’s medical costs.
The three are now out on bail, awaiting trial.
Source: Tencent
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Well it's called a citizen's arrest. Not a citizen's beatdown.
Feb 09, 2015 11:21 Report Abuse
Who translated this? (The three, who were originally congratulated by various staff of the mall, have now been criticized by the mall’s management, who footed the cost for the thief’s medical costs.) According to the original chinese article 11 shop owners, five of whom had their goods stolen by the thief, sent a signed petition to the police praising the three good samaritans and they would foot the medical bill. After investigating the matter the mall's management said they were willing to foot the entire bill. (11家商户写下联名信，希望能从轻处理三人，这封信送到了当地派出所，后面有各位商家的签名。小偷当天从5家商铺偷到了东西，但其他6家商户说，必须要站出来帮帮三个年轻人，如果要赔偿小偷医疗费，他们也愿意出钱。 商城管理部门了解情况后表示，商城愿意出小偷的所有治疗费) view.inews.qq.com/a/NEW2015020600631902
Feb 06, 2015 19:08 Report Abuse
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