16-Year-Old Student Accuses Class Teacher of Sexual Harassment and Rumor-Mongering in China

A female student surnamed Chen in Yunnan province in mainland China accused her of being sexually harassed by her class teacher many times during her school days. The teacher kept harassing her by summoning her, saying “I miss you” and “Your face is burning, come out and I’ll take it off for you.” , “I told you to come out for an appointment, or you are afraid that I can’t do it.” Not only that, the students in the class mistakenly thought that Ms. Chen had an ulterior relationship with the class teacher, and even spread rumors that she was a mistress, which made her quite devastated and even tried to commit suicide.

“Jimu News” reported that Ms. Chen was only 16 years old when she was studying in a vocational school in Yunnan in 2020. Since she was selected as the class monitor by the class teacher Zhao Nan, she frequently sent harassing messages to her, including “I miss you”, “You Your face is on fire, come out and I will go to get rid of the fire for you”, “I told you to come out and make an appointment, or you are afraid that I can’t do it” and other words.

Classmate Chen revealed that Zhao Nan showed an obvious “preference” to himself in front of other students in the class, which led to gradually spreading rumors, calling her a junior, destroying the family of the class tutor, etc. Ms. Chen mentioned that the harassment by the class teacher continued until March 2022. She suffered from depression because she could not bear the harassment and rumor attacks, so she had to suspend school and be hospitalized for treatment. During this period, she even tried to commit suicide by cutting her wrists.

The party complained that she reported Zhao Nan to the school and relevant departments at the end of 2022, but she was not satisfied with the school’s punishment, so she chose to expose him on the Internet. In this regard, the head teacher emphasized that he did not have any physical contact with the students, which does not constitute sexual harassment legally, but he really should not send those messages and is reviewing his behavior. The school responded that Zhao Nan’s teaching activities will be stopped in 2022. An investigation team has been established to take charge of the matter, and many relevant departments have intervened.