28-Year-Old Chinese Graduate in Melbourne Loses Two Fingers in Knife Attack During Poker Game, Then A$54,000 Raised for His Medical Bills Is Allegedly Taken by a Friend
A 28-year-old Chinese graduate in Melbourne, Australia, surnamed Fang, posted a plea for help on social media on November 11, saying he had been attacked with a knife while playing poker at his landlord's home in the early hours of November 8, losing two fingers, and that A$54,000 raised by family and friends for his surgery and medical bills was then taken by a friend who had agreed to receive the money on his behalf and vanished. He said he had reported the matter to Australian police and was seeking help from the Chinese Consulate-General in Melbourne. The identities of the attacker and of the woman who received the money have not been released by police, and GSM presents the account as stated by Fang himself.
Fang is from Shijiazhuang, Hebei, and graduated from Monash University in Melbourne. He told Jimu News that on November 8 he was invited to his landlord's apartment to play poker, got into a dispute over money with the landlord, and was set upon by other friends the landlord had invited; one of them rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a knife, slashed his knee and severed two of his fingers. Fang said the attacker, surnamed Lin, had a criminal record, fled the scene, and was still being sought by local police.
After the attack, Fang raised A$54,000 from family and friends for his medical costs. Because the only Australian bank card he had was lost and had never been replaced, he had the money transferred to the bank account of a Chinese international student he had known for four or five months, identified as Laura (surname Wu), so she could pay the hospital on his behalf. After receiving the money she cut off contact; his repeated pleas for her to return it went unanswered, and her family's phones in China were switched off.
A friend, Suki, who has been caring for Fang in hospital, has helped him report the case to Australian police and contact the Chinese Consulate-General in Melbourne. The Melbourne West police station replied that once Fang's condition improves and he gives a statement at the station, detectives will step in to help recover the money.
(Source: Jimu News)
Source: Jimu News
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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