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Chinese woman jailed for blocking subway train in row over her crying baby

Mother in Changsha refused to let train leave after her sister was jostled in dispute

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Surveillance footage of the woman blocking the train with her baby. Photo: Xiao Xiang Chen Bao
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Police have put a woman passenger in central China in detention for five days after she blocked a subway train from leaving in a row over her baby crying, according to a newspaper report.

The woman got into an argument with a group of young men on the train in Changsha in Hunan province who had complained about the noise her two-year-old child was making, the Xiao Xiang Chen Bao said.

One of the men pushed her sister as they were getting off.

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She then got back on, demanding an apology, and stopped the train from leaving by blocking the door with her body and putting one foot on the platform.

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Police were called and six other trains were also delayed during the dispute on Tuesday.

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