On September 29, the case of a female teacher in Shaanxi who was dragged to death underwent a major change in its legal characterization. All five defendants, including Xiao, were indicted on charges of intentional homicide; previously only two had been charged with causing a traffic accident and one with harboring. The media's phrasing of the topic, which omitted the character "被" (the passive marker), drew criticism from netizens.[Judicial Injustice][Netizen Comments][Shaanxi][China Blue News][major qualitative change in the case of the female teacher dragged to death]