Woman who dropped lost corgi from 6th floor window jailed for 7 days, same thing for dog’s owner

Chinese netizens aren’t pleased with the resolution to this story

One of the biggest stories of the year in China involving a woman holding a girl’s corgi for ransom and eventually dropping it out of a 6th floor window has finally come to a conclusion — with both sides getting seven days in jail.

In case you’re not familiar with the story, here’s a quick summary:

Back in late December, the dog-dropper, a woman from Chengdu named He Xingli, came into possession of a 21-year-old girl’s dog. When the girl, named Xiao Wu, tried to ask for the corgi to be returned, He Xingli instead began sending menacing text messages to Xiao Wu, asking for money and threatening to eat the animal if she was not paid.

Finally, on January 11th, Xiao Wu paid a visit to He Xingli’s apartment to resolve the matter, accompanied by reporters and police. However, when they were eventually let inside, no dog was to be found. It was only when Xiao Wu left the apartment building that she spotted her beloved, lost pet, mortally wounded from a high fall.

The following morning at a district police station, He Xingli made a tearful apology to Xiao Wu, claiming that she had not meant to kill the corgi. Instead, she explained that she was trying to lower the dog to the ground from her sixth floor apartment window with rope and cloth when the puppy came loose and plummeted to its death.

Xiao Wu refused to accept the apology and said that she planned to pursue the matter in court.

Meanwhile, He Xingli quickly became the most-hated woman in China. Both her and her husband’s personal information was leaked online, including their phone numbers, address, work units, social security information, license plate number, and even information archived at the hospital during He’s pregnancy.

She began receiving threatening phone calls and menacing text messages. A funeral wreath and fake paper money to burn appeared outside of their apartment. In one ominous incident, a group arrived outside their door and began making threats, telling He’s husband that they could not guarantee his daughter’s safety.

Another group out for vengeance spray-painted the couple’s door with the message: “He Xingli, you human trash. Go die, stupid cunt. Die already.”

Not much information about the case has been released since January, but, yesterday, a local reporter revealed the conclusion of this lurid saga.

It turns out that on Tuesday, He Xingli was placed in detention for seven days for sending threatening messages online, while, earlier this month, Wu and four others were were also detained for seven days for disseminating other people’s personal and private information on the internet.

As you might expect, most Chinese netizens are not terribly with this resolution, questioning how the two woman could have come away with the same punishment, asking why He Xingli was not punished for extortion, blackmail, or the killing of the corgi.