Another suspect, one of Yuan's friends surnamed Ma, set up a chat group for1,000 people on the instant messaging service QQ to incite people to gather outside the Jingwen Mall and callfor further investigations into the tragedy, according to the police.
On May 8, hundreds of people, including Yuan's family members, fellow migrant workers from Anhui, and shop workers protested outside the mall, said Li Runhua, deputy director of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Some of them quarreled with police, and assaulted and injured police officers, he said.
Police later arrested Peng and another 12 suspects on charges of severely disrupting social order and spreading rumors online.
The mall agreed to pay Yuan's family 400,000 yuan ($65,000) as compensation for "negligence" by its management, according to a police statement released on May 12.
Gate keepers of the mall did not check whether there were people still on thepremises, allowing the woman to stay in the center, government representatives from Yuan's home town who came to Beijing to help handle the incident later said.
Li Runhua said the case is still being investigated and severe punishments will be handed out to those who used the Internet to commit crimes.
If people are convicted of stirring up trouble, such as causing serious disorder in public places or preventing law enforcement officers from performing their duty, they may serve jail terms of up to five years, said Li Lin, a lawyer from Beijing Lawyers' Society.
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