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- A woman at a government agency in China accused her boss of sexual harassment.
- Video circulated online showing her beating him with a mop.
- The boss was later fired.
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A government official in northeastern China has been fired after video circulated online showing a woman beating him with a mop and accusing him of sexual harassment.
Chinese state news media said the incident happened in a government poverty agency in the Beilin district of Suihua, in China's Heilongjiang Province, according to the New York Times.
The video, which was uploaded to YouTube, showed a woman, who was later identified as her last name, Zhou, confronting her boss, identified only as Wang, The Times reported.
Zhou can be seen in the video throwing items at Wang before picking up a mop to attack him. Wang can be seen sitting at his desk through the altercation.
It's unclear when the confrontation took place, but The Times cited local news reports saying that the woman had filed a police report accusing her boss of sexual harassment.
According to The Times, Wang had sent Zhou unwanted text messages and given other women in the office unwanted attention.
An internal investigation found that the the boss, who was a director at the agency, had "life discipline problems" and was fired from official duties.
The woman was not disciplined.