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A woman in China who was filmed holding hands with her married boss has had her social media account deleted in the wake of the scandal.
The account on Douyin, @GraceJin, was closed on February 18 for violating the “online community self-discipline regulations”, the video news outlet Jiaodian Video reported.
The woman admitted she was the person involved in the notorious “holding hands scandal” that attracted national attention in June last year, the report said.
At that time, the 27-year-old, surnamed Dong, was caught on camera by a stranger who was filming a bustling street scene in Chengdu in southwestern China.
She was walking hand in hand with a married man in his 50s whose surname is Hu and who was then an executive at a Beijing-based state-owned oil company where Dong also worked.
Following the scandal, Hu was fired and also expelled from the Communist Party because of his affair with Dong, behaviour deemed as breaching the company’s rules. Dong was also dismissed from the firm.