A motorist who gained online notoriety for slapping another driver and later trumpeting her husband’s high position in the police force has apologized for her “arrogant” behavior.
A viral video of the July 30 incident appears to show a Porsche driver named Li Yue slapping a man in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, an incident police said ensued after the man refused to make room on the road for Li to make an illegal U-turn. After the man slapped back, Li bragged about her husband’s position as chief of a police station in the city’s Yubei District and claimed he had helped her get away with past traffic violations.
“I said a lot of irresponsible things due to my arrogance, vanity, and temper,” Li said in an apology letter Monday. “I was a disgrace to the Chongqing people, and I feel truly guilty and regretful.”
Li’s husband, Tong Xiaohua, was suspended from work on Aug. 1 and later removed from his post after Chongqing authorities opened an investigation into Li. In a statement Monday, police said that Li has been held accountable for all of her traffic offenses since receiving a driver’s license in 2016.
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