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China dad criticised for not holding school bullies accountable after daughter bled from mouth

Father suggests that living in a small county of 210,000 residents, making enemies is unwise

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A father was criticised for sharing a video of his injured daughter, bullied at school, rather than addressing the bullies. 
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Fran Luin Beijing

A father in China faced heated online debate after posting a video of his crying daughter, who had been bullied at school, to the point of suffering a bleeding mouth.

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Despite his daughter’s distress, the man declared he would not hold the bullies accountable.

The father, from a county in central China’s Shanxi province, shared the emotional video of his six-year-old daughter on his Douyin account, @huodarensheng.

In the video, she expressed her desire to “quit school” after being cornered by a group of classmates. A hospital examination confirmed that she had lost a front tooth.

Reacting with unusual calmness, the father deleted the initial video shortly before posting a follow-up on October 16.

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In this new video, he stated that the school and “relevant departments” had promptly addressed the situation, noting that the seven bullies and their parents had apologised to his daughter.

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