A video of a woman being violently dragged from a home she shared with her prospective husband because he apparently could not afford a 500,000 yuan bride price went viral on the Chinese Internet over the weekend.stop cyberbullying her familyHer boyfriend, surnamed Zhang, posted the video on Bilibili, a Chinese video-sharing platform.
Zhang called the police after the confrontation. In a statement issued on Sunday, the public security bureau of Yinchuan’s Xixia district said Gao and her family have agreed to talk through the disagreement. The officers have warned Gao’s parents against restricting her freedom of movement.Gao said the story told by Zhang omitted key information, such as that the 500,000 yuan bride price request was made in a moment of anger and the family never intended on collecting the money.
“After I cooled off at home, I found that public opinion has got out of control, and I hope people can analyse the situation rationally and stop cyberbullying us,” she said.