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Canadian tourist barred from leaving China following Great Wall accident

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2015-04-15 14:20Ecns.cn Editor: Mo Hong'e

长城“撞死”73岁老人的加拿大籍女子将被限制离境

73岁的黑龙江游客崔洪芳在慕田峪长城,被加拿大籍女子JULIE FORTIN撞倒致死。警方初步认定系意外事件,不予刑事立案,崔洪芳家属于前日向怀柔法院提起民事诉讼,怀柔法院已立案。昨天,记者从怀柔法院获悉,法院已经启动限制该加拿大女子离境的程序。

Family members of an old woman wait for help when the woman is knowed to death by a Canadian tourist at the Great Wall on Tuesday. (Photo provided by the victim's family)

Family members of an old woman wait for help when the woman is knowed to death by a Canadian tourist at the Great Wall on Tuesday. (Photo provided by the victim's family)

(ECNS) - A Canadian woman named Julie Fortin, who allegedly knocked over a 73-year-old Chinese tourist on the Great Wall, has been forbidden from leaving China, the Beijing Times reported Wednesday.

Beijing's Huairou County court initiated legal procedures to stop Fortin from leaving China, according to the report.

On April 8, Cui Hongfang died after hitting her head on a brick in the Great Wall. Cui was a tourist from Heilongjiang province in northeast China.

Local police ruled that it was an incident of negligence and refused to press charges against Fortin. However, Cui's family has filed a civil lawsuit and demanded compensation.

Fortin had a ticket to leave China on April 11 but remains grounded.

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