尖草坪区检察院 · Full chronicle and history

A man in Taiyuan, Shanxi, attacked his wife with a kitchen knife, causing multiple head wounds, and stabbed his mother-in-law four or five times, requiring over ten stitches. The Jiancaoping District Procuratorate did not approve his arrest. Shortly after being released from the detention center, the man strangled his wife to death at home and then committed suicide.

On November 14, the incident trended on Weibo. The victim's family questioned the dereliction of duty by the Jiancaoping District Procuratorate, and netizens demanded accountability for the prosecutorial authorities. The comment sections of related reports were subjected to censorship.