BEIJING: Chinese prosecutors said on Monday they had begun criminal proceedings against 28 people suspected of assaulting a group of women in a viral incident that sparked outrage over gender-based violence in the East Asian country.

Footage of a group of men assaulting four women at a barbecue restaurant in the city of Tangshan, east of the capital Beijing, was shared widely online, renewing debate about violence against women in China.

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