China crowdfunding platform closes down driver who asked for money to help bury his accident victims


Easy Raising deleted Yang's project, saying it didn

Crowdfunding platform Easy Raising, known in Chinese as Qing Song Chou, closed down a project involving a driver who sought to raise money for the burials of four victims he ran over, according to local media reports in Chengdu where the fatal accident occurred.

The driver, Yang Long, set a fundraising target of 200,000 yuan (RM120,716) for his crowdfunding project with a title of “I killed four [with a car while driving] and cannot afford the burial fees. Please help me!”

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