China MMA athlete faces online backlash for reporting groping to police and not retaliating


A Chinese MMA athlete is experiencing online backlash for opting to report a groping incident to the police rather than retaliating. - Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

SHANGHAI (SCMP): A female MMA athlete contacted the Shanghai police after a man attempted to sexually assault her while she was walking home. However, many mainland netizens criticised her for not physically confronting the assailant.

On the morning of September 3, Xu, the woman, was walking in the Jing’an district when a 23-year-old man, surnamed Zhou, began to follow her, as reported by Dute News.

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