A woman who was mistaken for a thief and had her photo pasted on her face while visiting a doll shop was publicly tried. Six months later, she learned about it and angrily sued. Lawyer Li Xin explains the legal requirements and related responsibilities for defamation, public insult, etc.

A woman who was mistaken for a thief and had her photo posted on her face while visiting a doll shop was publicly tried. Six months later, she learned about it and angrily sued. | FTV News reporters Li Yuhan and Cai Chenghan

News link:https://youtu.be/d6CND0bsONU?si=XlSjv7-0YFU7FHvs

There are many dolls and toys in the Wannian Building in Ximending, and it is a place where many players go to dig for treasures. However, someone posted on the Internet that she went shopping in a store on the second floor. Just because she was looking at the goods, the items in the store later disappeared, so she was treated as a thief. Her photos were printed and posted for public trial. She didn't find out about this until half a year later, which made her furious and humiliated.

Li Xin, an attorney at Fidelity Law Offices, said that even if a theft occurred in a store and the police had been notified, if the photo of the suspected suspect was posted online without clear evidence, and if this caused the reputation of an innocent person to be damaged, the person who posted the photo could be guilty of aggravated defamation under the Criminal Law and could be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, detention, or a fine of not more than one thousand yuan.

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