Chinese government official fired over sexual harassment claims after employee shown hitting him with mop in viral video

The video shows a woman beating a man with a mop while accusing him of sending harassing texts to her and her colleagues

The official was fired by the Beilin district commission for discipline inspection for ‘lifestyle violations of discipline’

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A government official (left) was fired after he was accused of sexual harassment by a woman who eventually beat him with a mop. Credit: Youtube

Published: 6:15pm, 13 Apr 2021Updated: 11:04am, 19 Apr 2021

A government official in northeastern China has been fired after a video emerged of a woman attacking him with a mop while accusing him of sexual harassment.

The 14-minute video that went viral shows the official’s subordinate, surnamed Zhou, throwing items on his desk before retrieving a mop to attack the man, surnamed Wang, the deputy director of the poverty alleviation department of Beilin district, in Heilongjiang Province.

While Zhou, who authorities later said has a mental illness, is beating and swearing at Wang, the man says, “It was just a joke”, while the woman raged. He then sat in his chair, occasionally wiping water from his face.

She is also seen in the video making phone calls, claiming the man had sent harassing texts to multiple women in the office.

Another woman not seen in the video says, “How is it a joke? It shows that you have bad character … Have you thought about consequences for your office?”

The video went viral over the weekend, with many comments praising the woman for standing up to her superior and fighting to protect herself and her coworkers.

“When women get harassed in the workplace, they have to get tough,” one said on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service.

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