Rape case shocks elite Chinese university students, raises fears of off-campus accommodation safety
Wuhan University steps up security after claims dormitory guard did not respond to 17-year-old migrant worker’s screams for help
Police have detained a 17-year-old male student accused of raping a female migrant worker in a Wuhan University dormitory room, in a case that has shocked the elite institution.
Police received reports of a woman heard screaming for help at Sanhuan student halls in east Wuhan, Hubei province, in central China, at around 1am on Monday. According to an official Weibo post from Luojiashan police station on Thursday, they found and arrested the suspect nearby an hour later.
A police officer confirmed to Thepaper.cn that the suspect is a student at an unnamed local vocational college while the alleged victim is also 17 years old.
Details of the incident were posted on the official Weibo page of the Wuhan University Postgraduate Students Association on Thursday evening.
According to that report, the female victim was brought to the suspect’s room in the Sanhuan dormitory and sexually assaulted there.
None of the people involved were Wuhan University students, but the institution acknowledged the incident had made students concerned about the safety of its off-campus accommodation.