HONG KONG — A public outcry in China over the case of a woman arrested for stabbing to death a local official who assaulted her after she refused to provide sexual services reflects the widespread distrust of officials and sympathy for the underdog — even someone who may face murder charges.
The woman involved, 21-year-old Deng Yujiao, a waitress in the Xiongfeng Hotel in Badong county of Hubei province, apparently resisted when three officials demanded "special services."
After some pushing and shoving, she lashed out with a knife, stabbing 44-year-old Deng Guida, who later died, as well as injuring Huang Dezhi, 41. A third official, Deng Zhongjia, 45, was also present. All three men worked for the business promotion office in the town of Yesanguan. The man who died was its director and the two others his deputies. The Dengs are not related.