On October 13, the Qingfu Town Government of Gao County told China Newsweek that police are investigating the case of female street vendor Ms. Hu, who took her own life after receiving a bad review. The Gao County Public Security Bureau said it responded at the first instance and is handling the matter jointly.
On October 6, a customer in Gao County, Yibin, Sichuan, who had purchased 10 yuan of self-selected fried dishes without potatoes, posted warning posts on multiple platforms; female vendor Ms. Hu subsequently took her own life and died.
On September 6, a customer in Gao County, Yibin, Sichuan posted an avoid-this negative review video because a 6 yuan portion of fried potatoes had too little extra added. This triggered an online mobbing campaign against stall owner Hu Ermei, who had been running her stall for more than four years. Overwhelmed by the pressure, Hu Ermei jumped into the river and took her own life. Netizens expressed regret one after another and angrily condemned the person who posted the negative review.
Hu Ermei, a street vendor who had been selling fried potatoes in Gao County, Yibin, for more than 4 years and had two children, jumped into the river and took her own life after being unable to bear the pressure of online abuse. Netizens expressed their sorrow one after another and voiced anger at the abusive netizens.
At 1:08 p.m. on August 7, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Gao County, Yibin City, Sichuan, with a focal depth of 6 kilometers. Some people were trapped in an elevator.
On August 7, 2026, an earthquake struck Gao County, Yibin, Sichuan, causing extensive cracking and damage to the walls of many residential houses near the epicenter. A young mother in Chenzheng Village was unfortunately killed. Local residents again pointed to nearby shale gas extraction operations as the cause of the frequent earthquakes.
Multiple earthquakes have occurred successively in Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Among them, Gaoxian experienced multiple tremors in a single day, with the highest reaching magnitude 5.0. Informed whistleblowers claim that the earthquakes are related to high-pressure fluid injection for local shale gas development.
In the early morning of June 29, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Gaoxian County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, with a focal depth of about 6 kilometers. After the earthquake, local residents and netizens raised concerns about shale gas extraction and hydraulic fracturing operations.
In the early hours of June 29, 2026, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Gao County, Yibin, Sichuan. Because the epicenter lies in the southern Sichuan shale gas development demonstration zone, local residents and netizens strongly questioned whether hydraulic fracturing drilling operations had triggered the earthquake, and called for a special investigation and the organization of rights defense efforts.
The head and deputy director of the Shanggao County Public Security Bureau in Jiangxi Province abused their official authority, using an intermediary to illegally provide buyers with citizens' bank account information at a price of 1000 yuan per record; the related judgment has been published on the Court Judgment Website.