The University of Utah announces it will pay a $5 million settlement to the parents of an international student from China who was killed last year.
Claire Wang
“While we continue to mourn Zhifan’s death, we are grateful to take this important step toward justice for our daughter,” Dong’s father, Mingsheng Dong, and her mother, Junfang Shen, said in aTuesday about the agreement. “It is our hope that Zhifan will be remembered and that her memory will inspire others to help prevent intimate partner violence and save lives on campus and in all our communities.
University President Taylor Randall said the agreement demonstrates the school’s “seriousness in honoring Zhifan Dong” and “commitment to the ongoing work of addressing all aspects of student safety.” On Jan. 14, 2022, nearly a month before she was killed, Dong alerted the school housing department that Salt Lake City police had arrested Wang two days earlier and accused him of assaulting her during an altercation, according to university documents. But housing employees didn’t flag the arrest to school police until a month later — after Dong had disappeared.
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