Chinese social media celebrity Saya faces charges over alleged attack on pregnant woman
Suspect, who is said to have launched assault after victim’s husband kicked her dog, will be charged once health of unborn baby is clarified, police say
A woman in east China is facing a criminal charge after being accused of physically assaulting a pregnant woman who doctors said could now be at risk of losing her baby.
Police in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, issued a statement on Tuesday saying that the charge would be dependent on whether anything happened to the unborn child.
The incident happened on Friday, when the suspect, identified only as Chen, and her mother, who was not named, were walking their pet dog, a French bulldog, in the grounds of their residential community.
When they came across a husband and his pregnant wife, surnamed Yang, walking their dog, the bulldog, which had not been on a leash, ran towards the strangers.
Alarmed by the dog’s approach, Yang’s husband kicked it to stop it “attacking” his wife, according to a record of the incident Yang posted on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service, over the weekend.
