Customer Beaten to Death by Walmart Employees
At Walmart, theft is not tolerated. At least not at the Walmart in Jingdezhen, China, where a customer died at the hands of Walmart employees who suspected her of stealing.
It started out when one of the Walmart employees suspected a female customer of theft. The customer was then under surveillance for a few minutes before being approached by the staff.
The Walmart employee requested to search the customer’s bag and the female customer refused to hand it over, stating that it was a violation of her privacy.
Next thing she knew, more Walmart employees gathered around her and started beating her up.
The customer managed to send an alert to her family through her cellphone and when her mother and sister showed up at the store, the staff members were still pummeling her. They begged and pleaded for them to stop but to no avail.
Finally, the police showed up and put a stop to the incident and the victim was then rushed to the hospital.
Unfortunately, she died of wounds shortly afterwards.
So far, Walmart has not commented on the incident and it is unknown if any of the employees were arrested.
By shinigami on 07-09-2009
Comment by Online Guitar Tuition
September 7th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Dugg for the awesome CG recreation of the incident. Drama!
Comment by seo
September 7th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
and that's the way the cookie crumbles! In China..anything/everything is permissible.
Comment by melicertes
September 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
this is shick man,i hope they will go to prison for the rest of their lifes
Comment by Jef
September 7th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Sue Wal-Mart for everything they have. I see lawyers lining up now.
Comment by jef
September 7th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
No such thing as work place training there? I see the company being libel 100%. This is a mega-billion store chain.
Comment by rc
September 7th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
@melicertes
china would prolly give them a pat in the back for fighting crime.
Comment by M.E.
September 7th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Looks like she wont be stealing again. We need this in the states to curb our crime rates.
Comment by ian Flanigan
September 7th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
walmart took the dash/star out of their name a long time ago, so stop using it.
Comment by weirdasianews
September 7th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Fixed.
Comment by Zachary Grant
September 7th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
And I thought the Walmart greeter was bad
Comment by Ickyboo
September 7th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Do they sell cheap American made junk in the Wal Mart in China? or good ol home made in China stuff
Comment by CountToTen
September 7th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Maybe we should wait for the story and facts to be verified before you all scream your racist crap. It's this kind of presumption of other countries' inferiority to the US that makes you so vilified around the world. Right now your lifestyle is propped up by trillions of loans from the Chinese government, and cheap WalMart products made by Chinese people in awful working conditions (that WalMart would be prosecuted for were they to exist in the US).
Comment by Scottish guy
September 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
CountToTen, thats the only sensible comment i have read on this page so far…
Comment by Robert
September 7th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
The English versions don't even say if she actually was shoplifting, just suspected of it.
If that's all it took, they'd be killing half their customer base inside of a couple years.
I've been accused of shoplifting for counting my change and putting it back in my pocket.
(The scum didn't even apologize afterward, but that store lost my business forever.)
Hope the police arrest everyone involved in the beating and charge them with Homicide.
If so, the security tapes will be great evidence.
Comment by Gimme A. Break
September 7th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
how about i bet you to death for being an idiot?
Comment by BretzE
September 7th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Not that I agree with Anthony, but if you are going to call someone an idiot, please do it correctly. You told him you would bet him to death, I hope you mean beat, otherwise you have some serious gambling issues.
Comment by Mark
September 7th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
This is terrible and shocking, but this could just as easily happen in the US or anywhere else. Sometimes people behave like animals.
Comment by dunkydomo
September 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Wow, I bet there will be no shortage of bottom feeding blood sucking attorneys in line to jump on that gravy train! Oh wait, they are not in the US, nevermind!
RT
http://www.privacy-web.pl.tc
Comment by spacewonder
September 7th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I think if the lady customer showed her bag to the security or Wal-Mart staffs to proof that she's innocent,then the whole incident could be avoided.Anyhow what's the human rights for?Didn't the States govt emphasize the force of human rights?They've no rights to punish a person without a proof showing that the lady is a shoplifter or even they have the evidence of proofing the customer is a thief,the only way they could do is to contact the police officer but not beaten her to death.These guys are insane and inhumanity,it's ideal to lock them up in cell.
Comment by ROB
September 7th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Haha, if any Walmart Employees in the USA came at me for no fkin reason I'd pull my Glock out and blast em all in the face.
FREEDOM 1ST
Comment by Anon
September 7th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
The thing that gets me is "stating that it was a violation of her privacy", that's not a very Chinese thing to say, I've been living here for a long time and never heard the word once, which leads me to think that translation was stretched somewhat. Plus I'd assume she was stealing, I've done some stuff that looks pretty sus and so have my Chinese friends and no problem. She had to be doing something.
Comment by Chemical_Whore
September 7th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
So the major question is, did she have anything in her possession that was theirs? If not this whole context of killing shop lifters is up in the air. Now I think a random beating of wal mart patrons might be good, not to death by any means, but maybe a large wiffle ball bat and some angry teens might get thing fight back in some of the people that go in there.
Side note: I wonder how awesome the prices are there, I mean everything in wal mart is made in china.
Comment by Joyce
September 8th, 2009 at 1:07 am
I absolutely agree with both CountToTen and Scottish guy. I'm going to wait until more facts come out before making my judgements. Something in the story doesn't add up…
Comment by gggggg
September 8th, 2009 at 1:24 am
lives….
Comment by Jaosn
September 8th, 2009 at 1:26 am
have you been to China? if not, shut the f up
Comment by dsfds
September 8th, 2009 at 1:27 am
yeah, like raping your wife's ass up. M**f**cker
Comment by fassd
September 8th, 2009 at 1:28 am
thanks for the rightful comments
Comment by sdfadf
September 8th, 2009 at 1:29 am
when we ate rice, you guys were eating nothing but shit. same now. haha.
Comment by steph
September 8th, 2009 at 2:29 am
agreed.
Comment by steph
September 8th, 2009 at 2:36 am
nothing stole from walmart deserves punishment by death.
Comment by Zedisdead
September 8th, 2009 at 2:52 am
This has nothing to do with it happening in china. These things happen all over the world, if anything, than these kind of things are much rarer there.
Comment by Wow...
September 7th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
if I was her family I would have brang some dogs to scare them off!
Comment by An0n
September 8th, 2009 at 7:57 am
It's more common now that more people are educated and know that there's this thing called "laws" that, theoretically, should protect them from shit like this.
Comment by Nico Tayag
September 8th, 2009 at 9:21 am
oh oh…
Comment by Allstar
September 8th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Nothing new in China. If they beat someone up, they pretty much do it until there is nothing left. Security guards recently beat to death 2 kids just outside the club for promoting for another club in Hanghzou.
And if you have money, you can get away with anything in China, even murder.
Comment by Qwerty
September 8th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Typical Chinese reaction to anyone acting against authority. Reminds me of Tianamen Square massacre and the poor families that complained because the Chinese government bulldozed their homes to make space for stadiums and new buildings for the 2008 Olympics. Also people that handout 'controversial' material deemed by the authoritarian Chinese government are snatched away in unmarked vans. And yes I have seen it happen with my own eyes on several occasions in Beijing.
Comment by Your leader
September 8th, 2009 at 11:53 am
This is what you get for repeating what you see in American movies… you got no privacy rights… in fact you don't have rights at all. When told to do something do it or you die. Hail China! /sarcasm
Comment by Spence
September 8th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
umm….Your all saying like, its her fault..she was stealing…EVEN IF SHE WAS stealing, they have no god damn right to beat her till she is dead….Like…com'on people, what…the…hell. Those people should be shot, that WalMart should be burned, and you people that said it was her fault, well, lets just say I hope your walking somewhere late at night and get ganked by a group of midgets.China can burn in hell.
Comment by Ethan
September 8th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
SOMETIMES?!
Comment by Danzig
September 8th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
So maybe in this case the Wal-Mart staff acted like violent baboons, but just last year a man was trampled to death by a herd of mindless cattle, er um… patrons at a Wal-Mart in the United States. Americans can act like animal too.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/20...
Comment by Danzig
September 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
*animals
Comment by pancho villa
September 8th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
this sort of thing happens in the U.S. as well.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-norman/another-w...
Comment by Comet Arcade
September 8th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Oh wow, only in China! (I hope).
Comment by debqwer78
September 8th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Certain Privacy rights don't exist inside stores. I am not sure about China, but all walmarts I go into (and other stores like Target, Costco etc.) have a sign that says something to the effect of "All bags, backpacks and purses are subject to search, or must be left at the door", which i interpret as, if you agree to bring you bag in, you consent to the search.
Comment by Danzig
September 8th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
They have no authority to enforce this though. If they physically restrain you from leaving it is wrongful imprisonment. If you don't comply, they can ban you from the store or call law enforcement but just putting a sign up does not give them any authority to restrain you physically. Also, in the Huffington Post article posted above, it says the woman was 500 yards from the store. In the cases that occurred in the United States both men were in the parking lot.
Comment by itsatooma
September 8th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Violated her privacy? She lives in a communist country. She has no rights.
Comment by Anon
September 8th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Well, for the bulldozing, that's what happens when you buy a home with no land rights. And hence why those homes are cheaper. It's a known risk when buying a home that if it doesn't come with the land rights, that's exactly what may happen. It isn't like out of the blue the government can destroy any building. — Well they could I guess but they don't really. It's all about whether the building comes with the land rights or not.
Comment by Jimmy
September 8th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
The answer is go shop some where else. Let these mega stores go bust. They kill the mom and pop stores.
Comment by Jon
September 8th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
China operated by martial law. They will catch up with the rest of the world one day!
Comment by jin
September 8th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
A security guard (greeter) was trample to death at x-mas. Almost the same.
Comment by JM1
September 8th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Clean up in aisle 12. Unreal. Here in America, the customers killed the Walmart employee with a rampage, so maybe this amounts to some sort of universal re-balancing.
Comment by Steph
September 9th, 2009 at 1:34 am
So, do they have cameras in the Wal Mart there?
Because they don't at the Wal Mart near me. Only in the front by the registers.
I won't lie. I've stolen from there multiple times. And have never been caught.
Beating the person is a little extreme, nonetheless.
I don't care what country it is. Just call the cops and let them handle it.
Comment by jingjing
September 9th, 2009 at 2:48 am
good job walmart!
Comment by buyUSA
September 9th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
good,all rat-mart shoppers should be beat,only leave them alive to spread the message,
Comment by DEAN
September 9th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I believe china is on to something… If you choose to steal, then GET KILLED!
Comment by Yamamoto
September 10th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Last year, during the days around Christmas(or was it Black Friday?), a shopper was killed here in the states too, because the person was standing at the door before opening and was thus trampled in the ensuing struggle of the shoppers trying to get inside… this could happen anywhere…
Comment by yiqiW
September 10th, 2009 at 4:10 am
Have lost interest half way through reading some peoples comments as they were irrelevent and downright offensive.
From personal knowledge, and not saying I know everything. When someone enters a store, they automatically agree upon the rules and regulations of the store, which includes the opening of bags when asked by staff.
Stealing, although a petty crime do in the long term causes a company to suffer substantial amount of monetary losses. The staff was simply doing their job, by making a citizens arrest. Although the beating which caused a death of someone was uncalled for and a criminal offence, Walmart should do all it can to help the police in finding out those responsible and be sure for them to suffer the consquences of their actions.
Personally I would like more information on this situation before commenting further.
@Comment by Qwerty, please do not make any comments in which may be seen as racism, it is NOT a typical Chinese reaction to anyone acting against authority. Were it so, I would have beaten up and murdered many people who I suspected of theft. Do not make assumptions upon a society through the actions of a few people.
However, I do sincerely hope the family of the deceased will be well compensated for their lost and for justice to be brough forth.
Comment by yiqiW
September 10th, 2009 at 4:12 am
*brought
Comment by vael
September 10th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
What did they find if anything? Sue them for every grain of rice!!
Comment by vael
September 10th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Well put.
Comment by reader1
September 11th, 2009 at 3:22 am
It is said that the lady showed the receipt to those Walmart employees (4 males and 1 female). She then suspected those were not WalMart employees and snatched back the receipt (see the picture in the story).
Comment by reader1
September 11th, 2009 at 3:25 am
Found more details in this website
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20090907_1.htm
Comment by Bob
September 12th, 2009 at 4:02 am
She stole some tuna fish or DVD? Not that expensive to be so reactive.
Comment by Bob
September 12th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Worst than the Muslims, they just chop off your hands.
Comment by Qwerty
September 13th, 2009 at 3:45 am
Interpret my comments any way you like. I'm simply stating events that actually happened in China. Maybe you weren't aware of them because China's media censors any news that places China or the Chinese government in a bad light?
And please don't try to tell others what they can or cannot say, unlike China, most of us believe in free speech and freedom of information.
Comment by Li Hao
September 13th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Mock us you are but we better than your country. China come to and say! That I dare you…..
All countries can hug our balls!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Li Hao
September 13th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
ALL AMAERICANS CAN FUCK THE SHUT UP!!!!! CHINA BETTER!!!! CHINA BETTER!!!!!
Comment by Timothy L. Hinson
September 15th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
the dash actually remains in the official corporate name, they've only changed their logo to remove the symbol. hot shot.
Comment by Vitezslav Valka
September 16th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Strange things happens…
Comment by Anon
September 17th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Maybe if you start to learn proper English…
I'm Chinese, and I don't think China's better. Honestly.
Comment by 8mm to DVD
September 17th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Sometimes I wish the Wal-Marts in the US would beat the crap out of shop lifters, but a group beating to the death is a little extreme.
Comment by Zak
September 27th, 2009 at 7:21 am
They could of waited for cops but they started beating her, WTF. All those employees should be locked up.
Comment by Guest
October 11th, 2009 at 12:17 am
WALMART VIGILANTE! damn, homie–go for yours.
Comment by dam!
October 16th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
why are people so stupid i hope ther family gets f up the way dat girl did! go 2 church dam
Comment by jin
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:07 am
i dont know where you get this from but it was only 2 employee's http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNe... read it yourself, stop telling bullsh!t. if something like this in china, why do some of you retards think that its the fault of china? why dont you try to look at america first? https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worl... death rate in america is higher then china. america is ranked 24 in the crime rate ranking http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-... while china isnt even in the ranking OMG!!!!
Comment by dave
November 18th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
What a brilliant person you must be.
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Who cares that they took the dash out?
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 11:57 am
haha Bret!!
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Nationalism at it's finest.
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
So you think that what she said has been distorted? Perhaps. But perhaps what she said was not distorted and that kind of counter-ideology was what caused them to be so violent towards her.
I don't know for sure, just speculating
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I'm not sure 100% about the prices, but theoretically they should be lower because of cheaper shipping costs. However, even after the manufacturing is done there is more to the price than manufacturing and shipping, many of the intellectual property rights still put money in America's pocket.
So even if an Ipod is made in China, the parts come from different countries, including Japan who gets a cut, and the intellectual property rights go back to America and we get a cut. etc.
China has really poor intellectual property rights laws and many people there sell pirated movies for way cheaper than Blockbuster can compete with.
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Gotta love that Christmas spirit!
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Haha! I can smash the system by bringing a bucket or a lunch box!
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 11:57 am
How about you learn to identify satire when you read it
YOU GIMME A BREAK!!