girl into a swimming pool in Jinan, Shandong province, Sunday.
By Mei Jingya, Sina English
A New Zealand national, believed in his 50s, tossed a 5-year-old
Chinese girl into a swimming pool for"her bumping into him" inJinan,
capital city of E China's Shandong provinceon July 1, the provincial
newspaper Qilu Evening News reported.
The little girl's grandmother told reporters that the accidenthappened
in a hotel's swimming pool Sunday afternoon.
"It's intolerable," the girl's grandma said while speaking out her
indignation towards the foreigner's outrageous behavior.
The foreigner reportedly did this after the girl accidentally touched
him while swimming. A Chinese man managed to catch the falling girl,
who was not hurt but felt frightened and depressed after what
happened.
Witnesses say the girl's mother had a quarrel withthe New Zealander
after the incident. The foreignerreacted rudely, cursed in English and
even tried to start a fight.
The man was taken away by security. Local police said later that the
man is aforeign lecturer hired by a university.
Back in May, a video abouta Briton sexually harassinga Chinese woman
in the street went viral, angeringthe Chinese public. Soon after that
incident, Beijing made regulations banningillegal entry and stay of
some foreigners.
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