Chinese woman dragged away by family in viral bride price dispute video asks the Internet to calm down


A video of a woman being dragged from her home over an apparent 500,000 yuan (RM329,627) bride price dispute went viral in China. The woman in the video asked people to stop cyberbullying her family and said there was more nuance to the situation. — SCMP

A video of a woman being violently dragged from a home she shared with her prospective husband because he apparently could not afford a 500,000 yuan (RM329,627) bride price went viral on the Chinese Internet over the weekend.

Amid a torrent of outrage and abuse, the woman, surnamed Gao, urged netizens to stop cyberbullying her family, which she said had got out of control.

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