The apathy in China has gone from bad to worse after a woman was molested in public, in plain view of other people, yet nobody did a thing to help.

Around 8pm last Tuesday in Beijing, a woman riding an electric scooter stopped on the west side of the second ring road near the Mixc shopping mall to use her cell phone when she was approached by a stranger. The man was seen staggering from side to side, and called the woman his “little sister”. The woman was prepared to drive away when the man grabbed her from behind, preventing her from leaving.

With the woman unable to do anything, all she could do was yell for help, but no one came to her aid. It was only when four men approached that the man appeared to be startled, giving the woman a chance to escape.

The woman reported the incident to police and posted about it online, hoping to warn other women to be vigilant against such dangers. But a reporter with the Evening Law Report saw a surveillance video that fully captured the entire incident, and found the situation was worse than first thought.

During the 70 seconds that the incident took place, nine pedestrians and cyclists passed by the victim without offering any help. Many of these passerbys are seen turning their head to gawk, but the pace of their walking doesn’t slow down.

This isn’t the first time something similar has happened, either. In February 2014, a woman commuter was ignored and left for dead after she collapsed on the Shenzhen Metro. In April 2014, an 81 year-old woman lay flat on the road for ten minutes in Guangzhou before anyone came to her aid. Last July, no one came to the aid of a woman being molested on a Dalian public bus.

The most infamous of all “bystander effect” stories is the 2011 death of Wang Yue, a two year-old toddler who was ignored by a full 18 pedestrians after being run over by a car in Guangdong.

Many Chinese point to a fear of being scammed for the reason why they refuse to help. And yet, if it weren’t for the victim reporting it herself, the police would never know this crime ever happened.

Here’s the video: