Twitter user’s boast of sex with underaged ‘goddaughters’ sparks police investigation in northeast China
- Blogger uncovers network of commenters offering information on how to find minors and avoid legal troubles
- Qiqihar cyber police implore the public to only trust official information for updates on the case
The accused man, whose online location was pinned to Qiqihar in Heilongjiang province, had apparently been documenting his relations with three “goddaughters”. Two were aged 15 and 20, and the age of the third was not disclosed.
Qiqihar cyber police told the South China Morning Post that officials were investigating and asked the public to only trust official sources about the case.
An officer told Red Star News that police had collected the online information and reported it to their supervisors, but legal procedures would take some time.
“The police need to collect information, double check, search for evidence, before we can decide how to handle the case,” the officer was quoted as saying.
A feminist blogger posted screenshots of the man’s Twitter account to Chinese site Weibo on Saturday, claiming that one of the “goddaughters” was a classmate of the accused man’s daughter. He had bragged about having sexual intercourse with her when she was 14.