In response to the suicide of a 17-year-old girl in Xinjing County, Sichuan over a bride price dispute, a staff member from the Xinjing County government office told Xinjing News on April 21 that a woman in Xinjing County did die after taking pesticides over a bride price dispute, and the girl’s remains will be cremated tonight.
On April 20, a netizen posted the news that “a 17-year-old girl was ‘sold to the man’ by her family with a bride price of more than 200,000 yuan. Afterwards, the woman returned to her mother’s house, the man asked to return the bride price, the woman’s family said they refused, and the girl was beaten and later drank pesticide and died.”
In response to the above-mentioned 17-year-old girl’s suicide due to the bride price dispute, on April 21, Xinjing County government office staff told Xinjing News that Xinjing County did have a woman die after taking pesticide due to the bride price dispute, and the girl’s body will be cremated tonight.
The staff of the Xinjing County Government Office said that on the 21st, they received a report on the matter from the Xinjing County Public Security Bureau.
The report showed that a girl of Yi ethnicity from a village in a township in Xinjing County, born in May 2004, was married in December 2018, in accordance with Yi customs, to a man from Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, who is 21 years old. A few days ago, the man and the woman’s two families discussed the issue because of the bride price and the withdrawal of the marriage. The man asked for a refund of 150,000 dower if he withdrew from the marriage, and the two families did not agree on the matter.
On April 9, the Yi girl found a weed killer in the bathroom and took it, after which her husband sent her to a hospital in Xingying County for treatment. After the hospital lavaged the girl’s stomach, the man decided that her condition was not serious and took her home to recuperate. During the recuperation period, on the night of April 19, the girl’s condition recurred, and the man sent her to Ya’an City and Chengdu City hospitals for treatment.
During the treatment in a hospital in Chengdu, the male party believes that its chances of survival is small, they will take the girl home, after there in accordance with the native medicine prescription to the woman to take, and no effect. The girl died on April 19 at 21:09. On the evening of April 21, the girl’s remains will be cremated. At present, the male family has rushed to Sichuan Xinjing County.
In response to the rumor that the girl was sold twice by her mother to the man for 200,000 yuan, the Xinjing County government office staff said they have not received this news, the Public Security Bureau’s report of the woman’s only one marriage experience.
On April 21, Ms. Song, a staff member of the Xinjing County Women’s Federation, told Xinjing News that the Women’s Federation has communicated with the local public security authorities on the matter, and the public security authorities have intervened to investigate the matter, and the Women’s Federation will actively support the Yi girl’s family after the public security authorities have finished their investigation.
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