Arrested for pretending to be an ex-girlfriend on a dating app

Li, the victim, said she alerted the police on May 26 when two unknown men rang the doorbell at 3 a.m., according to the police. The Paper.

These people testified that they received Li’s personal information on the matchmaking website. However, the victim denied owning accounts on those platforms.

At that time, Li began to suspect Chen was behind the incident and asked the police to investigate.

During the interrogation, Chen admitted to impersonating his ex-girlfriend, and then revealed her personal information to many men online.

“Within 10 days, I sent out bar invitations to 37 men under the name of Li. I assumed she would panic and seek my help,” Chen said.

Chen was sentenced to 15 days in detention for molesting his ex-girlfriend. Image: Weibo.

After that, the police detained Chen on the charge of “faking the truth to smear others”.

Li added that she was constantly harassed by strange phone calls because Chen had revealed her phone number on dating websites.

Chen’s behavior sparked a wave of criticism on social media. Many people expressed their anger and concern at the seriousness of the incident.

“This makes me worry for women and girls. My daughter is only 4 years old so I’m afraid her future boyfriend might repeat the same behavior. What if the perpetrator was intentional? intend to harm the victim?”, one user commented.

Follow SCMPa law enacted in 2021 in China that slanders, threatens or retaliates against others can be detained for up to 15 days.

In February, a local court in China sentenced a man to 15 days in prison and a 1,000 yuan fine for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.

In 2021, local police in a southern province of the country also investigated a man for stalking his ex-girlfriend, threatening the victim’s family by sending them funeral wreaths.

According to Zing