Chinese bureaucratic mix-up means motorist jailed for killing pedestrian has yet to start sentence

A Chinese motorist jailed for two years for killing a pedestrian has yet to start her prison term more than 18 months after the accident because of a bureaucratic mix-up involving courts and security officials, mainland media report.

Pang Jing was driving in Zhanqian district in the city of Yingkou, in Liaoning province, in January 2015 when she collided with Ren Yanhua, who later died from her injuries, the Legal Evening News reported.

Yingkou’s Zhanqian District People’s Court jailed Pang for two years in December 2015 after she was convicted of causing the accidental death of Ren.

Although Pang appealed against the sentence, the verdict was upheld by Yingkou City Intermediate People’s Court in March 2016, the report said.

Yet four months later, with different courts and security officials all blaming each other for the delay – she has yet to start her sentence.

When Peng was sent to Yingkou’s public security bureau detention house to start her jail term after losing her appeal, officials refused to admit her on three separate occasions because she was suffering from severe hypertension.