A man named Yuan has been ordered by a Chinese court to pay a mugger 70,000 yuan ($11,000) after he beat up the mugger.
The fine also comes with a three-month probation reports the Global Times newspaper.
The thief, named only as Zeng, tried to steal Yuan’s cell phone in Dongguan but Yuan turned on him and chased after him with two other men, the report said.
The trio caught up with Zeng and beat him. A bruised Zeng reported the incident to police the next day and the three men turned themselves in soon afterwards.
Yuan and his co-defendants were criminally liable since they did not report the attempted robbery to police before taking action, Dongguan No. 3 People’s Court ruled according to the Global Times.
The men have said they will not appeal, it added.
Although China maintains that the justice system must still ultimately answer to the ruling organization, the report did not say whether Zeng had been prosecuted for attempted theft.
