Pictured: The Chinese teen 'handcuffed' over spilt cola, triggering police probe
The inquiry was launched after photos of the girl, bound at the hands and escorted by a group of men through a street, began spreading on the internet early last month.
Guizhou authorities are investigating reports that a 13-year-old girl was put in handcuffs and publicly humiliated after accidentally spilling cola on a rural official’s car.
The girl was accused of accidentally spilling cola on the car of Yuan Zehong, party secretary of Heqiang county's Kele township, on March 30. This prompted Yuan’s men to “handcuff her and force her to walk up and down on the street for 20 minutes”, the reports said.
Yuan confirmed to media that the girl was handcuffed on that day, but denied publicly humiliating her and said they were just taking her to the police car.