Draft regulations aimed at protecting good Samaritans and their families in Henan province would block companies from firing employees, including those unable to work due to injuries sustained in an act of bravery.

The proposals, which are open to public feedback until April 30, also include rewards of up to 100,000 yuan (US$14,500) and “green channels” at hospitals to fast-track patients who help save others.

Children of people killed or disabled while acting as good Samaritans could enjoy privileges when entering high school or college, according to the draft released on Saturday.

The government document clarifies five situations in which a person can be defined as a good Samaritan, including protecting State security, helping authorities crack a significant criminal case or conducting a rescue during or after a disaster.

“Good Samaritans deserve rewards and help,” said Li Min, the daughter of Li Xuesheng, a resident of Henan’s Shangqiu city who died in 2005 while saving two children playing on a railway track in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. “I’m happy to see that the government has considered that and made it part of the regulation.”

Wang Junzhang, 36, of Jiaozuo, who saved two boys from a frozen lake in Beijing in 2014, added: “I think this draft is very detailed. It will better protect good Samaritans and will definitely encourage more people to help others.”

Last month, the Ministry of Public Security issued a draft guideline on protecting and rewarding good Samaritans. Henan followed the step and carried out a draft of its own on that basis.

“The revised version will be presented to the provincial legislature and will be officially issued as a local law if passed,” said Yuan Shuhang, an official with the Henan Legislative Affairs Office, whose office is responsible for considering the suggestions collected and making necessary revisions.

“It will have greater legal validity than similar regulations or guidelines released before,” he added.

Four female students who appeared in a viral video of an assault on two young girls in Sichuan Province have been forced to apologize and their families ordered to pay compensation, police said on Wednesday.

The group－identified as Li, Liu and Zhao, all 14, and Zhang, 13－were taken into custody after an investigation into footage filmed on Friday that showed the victims being repeatedly slapped and kicked.

According to the local authorities, the video was recorded outside a high school attended by the victims in Longfeng town, which forms part of Pengzhou. The suspects attend other schools in the area.

The city’s public security bureau said on Wednesday that the suspects’ families had been fined an undisclosed sum and ordered to cover any medical expenses. All of the suspects were placed in administrative detention, except for Zhang, as children under the age of 14 cannot be detained.

The victims had accepted the girls’ apologies, the bureau added.

Lasting just over two minutes, the video shows a girl dressed in black who first slaps a young student in a green school uniform 14 times within 35 seconds, and then kicks and hits a short-haired girl. Neither victim is seen fighting back.

Police did not reveal which of the suspects was the girl in black or the motivation behind the assault.

The incident is the latest in a string of bullying cases that have gained media attention in the past year.

On April 22, a video showed a female student in Hunan Province being slapped 32 times by a group of female students in less than 100 minutes.

On May 16, a male high school student in Shandong Province was beaten by another boy in a school toilet.

Officials approved the arrest of 1,180 people involved in school bullying and violence nationwide last year, according to the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the top prosecuting authority.

A total of 688 first-time juvenile offenders or those who committed minor offenses were exempt from prosecution in the hope they would return to society a better person.

School violence has aroused widespread concern. The National People’s Congress, the top legislature, announced in March that it will conduct an inspection of school safety this year and study how to reduce violence on campuses.

A man left paralyzed after being crushed by fellow passengers on a Beijing subway train has been awarded 260,000 yuan ($37,700) in compensation, a court said on Wednesday.

The Changping District People’s Court ruled that Beijing Subway, which operates the line, was 20 percent responsible for the accident that left the plaintiff, identified only as Liu, in need of 24-hour care.

Liu attempted to board a subway train on Line 5 at Tiantongyuan North Station at about 7 p.m. on Jan. 15, 2014, when he was crushed in a surge of passengers.

The then-56-year-old fell unconscious on the train, “but the rush hour crowd did not pay any attention to him, let alone help him”, according to his lawyer, Liu Yongfei.

“My client was not sent to hospital until the train arrived at Lishuiqiao, three stations later, which is when subway workers spotted him on surveillance cameras,” he said. Although similar cases caused by overcrowding at Chinese subway stations are not rare, the attorney said, “the injury suffered by my client can be said to be the most serious and tragic.”

The victim, who worked at an advertising company and had previously complained of neck problems, was hospitalized for 765 days after the accident, “and even now he cannot stand up and have a meal by himself”, Liu said. “He cannot live by himself.”

Considering the seriousness of the injury, the man’s family appealed to the court in early 2015, requesting the metro company pay 1.9 million yuan in compensation, including medical fees and loss of income for the man’s absence from work, according to Liu.

In February 2015, the court accepted the case. It made the judgment at the end of last year and disclosed the verdict online to receive public supervision on March 30.

In the judgment, the court said the subway company, as the regulator of the system, should take more security measures to protect passengers during rush hour.

“Although the litigant’s injuries were not directly caused by the metro operator, the case highlighted a lack of protection and security measures for passengers, and the company did not provide enough evidence to prove it had fulfilled its responsibility at the time,” said Huang Ying, the judge in charge of the case.

Therefore, the court decided to ask the company to claim 20 percent of the responsibility in the case and pay compensation to the victim, Huang said.

The court said the 260,000 yuan was to cover three years of medical fees and that the plaintiff can ask for further compensation in line with the law if he needs to in the future, the attorney added.

The litigant and his family were satisfied with the result and said they would not appeal to a higher court, Liu said.