Chinese student arrested for rape. Parents arrested for attempted bribery

[Dari]

This isn't China.

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Chinese overseas student suspect in rape of female landlord, parents charged with trying to bribe victim

China News Service April 14th report, in Iowa state of the United States, 21-year-old Chinese overseas student Tang Peng (transliteration) has been accused of raping a female landlord 2 weeks ago on the pretense of wanting to rent an apartment. After being arrested, he did not admit guilt. After his parents rushed to America, they attempted to bribe the victim to change her testimony, and have also been prosecuted by the police.

[...] The other charge in this case has attracted attention. The Iowa police department’s charge that Tang Peng’s parents, 57-year-old Tang X [Tang Xuefan] and 49-year-old Li X [Li Qiao] (transliteration) rushed to Iowa after the incident occurred at the beginning of the month, where they had claimed they would find the woman who accused their son and “persuade” her to change her testimony to obtain some remuneration. A friend told the victim what Tang Peng’s parents had said, and the police arrested Tang’s parents after being informed.

 

[SandEagle]

brah, u lost?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Hericopter parents?

 

[Imp]

So... this Chinasmack website... Is everything translated, or do all the people on there just have crappy English? It reads like Google translator made a pass through it all. That or it reads like Chinese emmigrants looking at news about China and commenting on it using a second/third/fourth language.

 

[BrokenVisage]

He disrespect family, they disrespect law..

 

[BoomerD]

Weird story...but apparently all true:

http://iowacity.patch.com/articles/...-at-750-000-is-placed-on-hold-for-deportation

http://iowacity.patch.com/articles/more-details-revealed-in-search-warrant-of-iowa-city-rape-case

http://iowacity.patch.com/articles/...parents-accused-of-attempting-to-bribe-victim

 

[paperfist]

How come he is charged with first-degree kidnapping?

 

[Schfifty Five]

How come he is charged with first-degree kidnapping?

Because in Chinese culture, anything less than 1st is last.

 

[chusteczka]

It wasn't bribery. The parents intended to compensate the victim with money. They wanted to make the victim feel better. That is all.

The comments on that page are a good read.

Because in Chinese culture, anything less than 1st is last.

 

[SsupernovaE]

Judging by the comments, it seems that many Chinese have respect for the US They also seem to have the same angst and distrust of their government as many of us have of ours.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Because in Chinese culture, anything less than 1st is last.

:biggrin:

 

[flyboy84]

Judging by the comments, it seems that many Chinese have respect for the US They also seem to have the same angst and distrust of their government as many of us have of ours.

Really very interesting to read those comments. Except for the one ultra-nationalist anti-American post, the rest were all in awe of our judicial system (imagine that!)

 

[sigurros81]

I wonder if he yelled "I'M GOING TO LAPE YOU!" when he did it.

 

[Schfifty Five]

I wonder if he yelled "I'M GOING TO LAPE YOU!" when he did it.

so racist.

 

[OlafSicky]

Dude looks like a rapist

 

[Lean L]

Dude looks like a rapist

looks scrawny. She should have just kicked him till he fell.

 

[Kadarin]

Hericopter parents?

This, tbfh.

 

[Gooberlx2]

So... this Chinasmack website... Is everything translated, or do all the people on there just have crappy English? It reads like Google translator made a pass through it all. That or it reads like Chinese emmigrants looking at news about China and commenting on it using a second/third/fourth language.

Apparently staff cherry pick comments from an article source elsewhere and manually translate them.

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I like the bracketed explanations for colloquialisms.

I truly wonder if water has entered your brain [mentally retarded]?

 

[Lean L]

This isn't China.

Hope you're not implying that this is acceptable in China.

 

[Newbian]

The real question was how much they offered her.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Hope you're not implying that this is acceptable in China.

Bribes are acceptable in china along with india

 

[Newbian]

Bribes are acceptable in china along with india

Last I checked but it is considered rude not to offer them there in China.

Granted that's for business deals from what I remember.

 

[Lean L]

Bribes are acceptable in china along with india

So many things wrong with this post; it's artistic how you managed to do that in such a short post.

Situation is downplayed
Morality vs customs
Lack of source
Ignored intended recipient of post

In short, you missed the point.

 

[OutHouse]

Looks like the stupid fuck got another charge added by doing the same shit as his parents. witness tampering...

http://iowacity.patch.com/articles/...ccused-of-trying-to-get-woman-to-change-story

On April 4, Tang allegedly asked his friend to relay a message to the the woman that if she did not change her story he could be in jail for the rest of his life. If the woman cooperated, however, Tang said he could "promise her anything," according to the complaint.

 

[thecrecarc]

People love to bitch about America's judicial system. While it is very damn far from perfect, it is certainly better than many other parts of the world.