Office acts after video of alleged sexual assault

The National Office Against Pornography and Illegal Publications has launched an investigation into a livestreamed video of a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a junior high schoolgirl.

The video, which was widely circulated on the internet on Sunday, showed a naked man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl who kept crying while two other girls stood beside her. The man said in the video that the girl cost him 9,000 yuan ($1,200) and that she is from Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province.

The Wenshan public security bureau said it organized an investigation in collaboration with public security departments immediately after receiving reports of the video from netizens on Sunday night.