From QQ
Dongguan Woman Destroys ATM Bare-Handed Because She Was Unable to Withdraw Money
Recently, many Dongguan residents
have seen a post in their Weixin/WeChat Moments [friend's circle]: A
woman in Shilong town who apparently couldn’t withdraw money angrily
dismantled an ATM machine with her bare hands. As this reporter learned,
this scene indeed happened on October 16th inside the Jinshawan
Shopping Mall
Shilong Police state that they preliminarily suspect the
woman suffers from mental problems, have already taken her to the
Dongguan Mental Hospital for examination, and are awaiting a diagnosis
before they process the case further. As for the bank involved, they
have yet to issue a clear response regarding this matter.
As seen in the photos online, the
woman stands in front of a damaged ATM, with the ATM computer display
“ripped out at the root” lying on the ground, and large amounts of
receipts scattered on the floor. With a large number of city residents
looking on at the side, there were even some security guards at the
scene maintaining order.
A relevant representative of the Shilong Jingshawan Shopping Mall loss prevention department told this Southern Metropolis Daily
reporter that at around 5:50pm on October 16th, this woman arrived at
the ATM next to the escalator. “Afterward, we seen from the surveillance
footage this woman dismantle the ATM, with security guards being
dispatched to the scene after reports, but she had taken the ATM apart
within a short few minutes,” the representative said. At the time, the
woman stood next to the ATM mumbling to herself, pounding on the machine
every so often.
“After dismantling the machine, she
even stood there as if nothing had happened, but was then taken back to
the police station once police arrived,” the representative said. At
the time, the woman’s manner of speaking and bearing both seemed not
quite normal, so employees did not go forward to stop her, and only
called the police as well as notify the bank to come and deal with the
situation.
The loss prevention department
representative for Shilong Jinshawan Shopping Mall told this reporter
that the woman did not use any tools either while dismantling the ATM.
“We can see from the mall’s security cameras that she first pried off
the plastic frame/case off the sides of the ATM, and then forcefully
tore out the computer display.”
The representative says it may be
that this ATM has been in service for too long, and that the plastic
casing surrounding it has become old and brittle, and was therefore easy
to damage.
According to police from the
Shilong Public Security Sub-Bureau police station, by the time the
police had arrived on the scene, the ATM had already been damaged, while
the woman was on the scene claiming that she had repeatedly made
withdrawals but the ATM would not spit out money, “She also mumbled to
herself that the ATM was her friend’s and that it’s was okay for her to
break it.” Police reached her family in Guangxi through her mobile
phone, and the party on the other end claimed to be the woman’s younger
brother. The other party said on the phone that his sister suffers from
mental problems, and that “she’s like everyone else when she has her
medication, but if she doesn’t take it, then she’ll have an episode.
When that happens, she won’t even know what she’s doing.”
Through police investigation, the
woman is surnamed Lin, is from Guangxi province Nanning city, and is 28
years old this year. At present, The Xihu police station has already
sent her to the Dongguan Mental Hospital for examination. Because it
will take 15 days before the hospital can produce a relevant assessment
report, the woman is currently under observation and treatment at the
hospital. Police are awaiting the hospital’s detailed report before they
will continue processing the case.
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