Chinese Woman Who Slapped Trelawny School Girl Charged
Many vocational high schools in China create a military-like environment for students and use drill instructors to enforce discipline. According to a school spokesman, Wuhan Jiangxia Vocational Technical School has fired the trainer who slapped a student during an argument last week.
The 53-year-old woman who operated a grocery store in Clarks Town, Trelawny, was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm after a video surfaced on social media showing her jostling the 13-year-old girl and slapping her. She was later freed after no evidence was offered to the court.
Yuemei Pan Apologises
A Chinese businesswoman whose video of her slapping a teenage girl over a disputed purchase at her store went viral has publicly apologised to the child. Yuemei Pan, 53, was filmed slapping the girl inside her Clarks Town shop while accusing her of stealing. Pan later embraced the girl. Her apology was prompted by dancehall artiste Mr Vegas and residents of the community who had staged a protest outside her business on Monday.
The entertainer says he felt it was important for Pan to record the apologies as some Jamaicans had already cast judgement on her. He also explained that the thirteen-year-old was not a thief and that the entire incident was a misunderstanding. Pan was arrested earlier this month for assault occasioning bodily harm but was freed when she appeared in court last week as no evidence was offered. She is scheduled to return to court on February 8. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. Customise news feed, save articles for later, view your reading history and more. Download the app.
Yuemei Pan Charged
In a 30-second video that went viral, Yuemei Pan was seen jostling the 13-year-old girl at a grocery store in Clark’s Town, Trelawny, and slapping her in the face while accusing her of stealing. The video sparked outrage, and Pan was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm in December. However, the case was dropped in January when no evidence was offered in court.
According to Toronto Life, Hann Pan immigrated to Canada with his wife Bich Ha in 1979 and worked as a mechanic and carpenter. He instilled high academic standards in his daughter Jennifer and pushed her to excel in extracurricular activities, such as piano and figure skating. The publication reports that he also kept strict rules on dating and prevented her from attending school dances or parties. Jennifer later lied to her parents about dating Wong, one of the men accused of killing her mother and attempting to murder her father in 2010. After the incident, she requested a non-communication order and was placed in a medically induced coma.
Jennifer was convicted of orchestrating the home invasion that killed her mother and injured her father, who survived after being tied to a banister. She was sentenced to a life term in prison and received no possibility of parole for 25 years. The incident became the subject of a Netflix documentary series, “What Jennifer Did,” and has since led to a number of wrongful convictions for Pan’s co-accused, including Danny Wong and Lenford Crawford.
Former Keelung City Council Speaker Huang Ching-tai was found guilty of corruption and embezzlement on Friday, and was handed a 20-year jail term by the court. Most of the charges against Huang involved bribery, influence peddling and accepting kickbacks in connection with a residential complex project by JSL Group near Badu (Ba Du) Station and Unison Developing Company’s land revitalization and street expansion project in Keelung City’s Yuemei Road (Yue Mei Lu ).
Investigators have also been conducting an inquiry into a separate real estate project involving Huang. An account book with payment figures for 18 councilors in relation to the Yuemei project was discovered by Prosecutors’ Office investigators, and they are certain that the payments are related to the approval of the two projects.
Yuemei Pan Freed
Yuemei Pan, 53, was arrested and charged on December 7, the same day the video of her slapping a teenage girl surfaced online, for assault occasioning bodily harm. She appeared in court this week but was freed when no evidence was offered. She operates a grocery store on Main Street in Clarks Town, Trelawny.
The teen entered the store and picked up an item to purchase before Pan grabbed her and slapped her in the face, accusing her of stealing. The incident was captured on video and was shared online, sparking outrage and calls for the businesswoman’s arrest.
Pan reportedly closed her shop on Monday after residents of the Clarks Town community blocked the entrance and were joined by dancehall artiste Mr Vegas. She later apologised to the girl, saying she is sorry for what happened.
Pan is a Chinese actor who has earned two Hundred Flowers Award nominations, and was nominated for the Golden Rooster Awards. He has starred in several television series and film, including Stormy Sea, A Love of Blueness, and Desire for Fired.
