Why was it that a Sichuan man who killed four people was able to raise tens of thousands of yuan in compensation through crowdfunding?

“Killed 4 people, I can’t afford to pay, please help me.” This was a crowdfunding message posted on EasyChoice after Yang Long, a young man from Zhongjiang, Sichuan, had a car accident, and the subsequent online public opinion order 24 Yang Long, 20, was caught off guard. Many netizens accused Yang Long of "killing someone and crowdfunding for compensation" which was not in line with social charity ethics and the public should not be allowed to pay for his mistake. Some netizens believe that this incident exposed loopholes in the fundraising mechanism of online crowdfunding platforms.

On July 8, 2018, a car accident occurred in Fangcao Village, Jiguang Town, Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Provincial Highway 106. 24-year-old Yang Long drove a white car at a turning point about one kilometer away from Zhongjiang County. , collided head-on with a red electric tricycle traveling in the opposite direction. Surveillance video showed that it was raining at the time of the incident. The hood of the white car was severely deformed after the impact. The body of the electric tricycle flipped 180 degrees and fell to the ground. Half of the body, including the front, was almost completely destroyed. According to a report from the Zhongjiang County Public Security Bureau, the accident resulted in the death of three men and one woman in the tricycle, and a passenger in the car suffered minor injuries that were not life-threatening.

On the third day after the incident, Yang Long said that the family of the deceased asked him to advance 120,000 yuan for funeral expenses. Therefore, he launched "Killed 4 People, Can't Pay, Please Help Me" on Easy Money. Fundraising, hoping to raise 200,000 yuan for compensation. In the fundraising explanation, Yang Long said, "I am only 24 years old. I don't want to go to jail. This happened not long after I started my business. I hope you can help me."

On the afternoon of July 10th, , when the fundraising reached 20,000 yuan, the Easy Raising Platform urgently stopped the fundraising. The current fundraising page shows that the project has been closed, and more than 20,000 yuan has been returned to the donor. Yang Long’s online crowdfunding for funeral expenses went viral online.

Source:? Southern Metropolis Daily (Shenzhen)