Posted on 04/16/2012 3:17:16 PM PDT by blam
Chinese Student And His Parents Are Charged In Iowa With Rape And Attempting To Bribe The Victim
Michael Kelley
April 16, 2012, 3:49 PM
Peng Tang, a 21-year-old student in the University of Iowa, has been charged with the first-degree kidnapping and attempting to bribe the alleged victim in a case that has become a big story in China, according to chinaSMACK.
Tang has pleaded not guilty to first-degree kidnapping and was charged on April 13 with solicitation to commit an aggravated misdemeanor and tampering with a witness or juror, according to The Daily Iowan.
Tang's parents, who arrived in Iowa on April 5, were also charged with attempting to bribe the alleged victim and are both being held at the county jail on $100,000 bonds.
Tang was charged on March 30 for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman while viewing her room for a potential sublease after responding to an ad she posted on the Chinese social network Renren.
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Tang reportedly admitted to police that he had sex with the woman, was carrying handcuffs and a knife, and placed his hand over the woman’s nose and mouth to keep her from screaming.
Tang then reportedly sent a letter from the Johnson County jail to a friend asking his friend to find the victim and tell her that if she drops the charges, tells the police she lied and says that the sexual act was consensual, then "he can promise her anything."
Says one commenter on a Chinese news website: "Has to be the child of a government official or of the rich, used to running amok in China without consequences. Abroad, they won’t tolerate this kind of behavior."
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This is definitely racism.
Offering an out of court settlement is now considered a bribe??
//sarcasm
what the heck is renren??
Was the victim also Chinese?
>>what the heck is renren??<<
LenLen
d’oh!
It sounds as if she might be as it was a Chinese dominated site, but who knows? I hope all three have their as*es kicked.
what the heck is renren??
Chinese version of craiglistlist...?
Strange, but at least some people in Iowa (who say they follow the news) say the haven’t heard of this case. Maybe they just happened to miss the news when it was reported.
I had visions of a 3 on 1.
Better headline would have been: Chinese student in Iowa charged with rape; his parents charged with attempted? bribery.
You lawyers out there: does it make a difference whether the bribery is successful?
what did his brother Poon have to say?
First I’ve heard of it... it’s not really a statewide news story as sex crimes on a college campus are like “dog bites man”... a quick look at media in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area shows the story getting coverage in-market.
too funny!!!
>>what the heck is renren??<<
LenLen
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Ruh-Roh
He said, I have no comment. Ask me again, i’ll tell you the same.
>>Ruh-Roh<<
Luh-Loh?
lol
>>lol<<
I think you mean “ror”
(How long can I keep this up, I wonder...?)
Fleedumb2003
How rong can this keep up?
Wow!!! China’s first astronaut huh?
>>Fleedumb2003
How rong can this keep up?<<
BADA BOOM!
:)
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