Over the next few months, newspapers and television stations ran with the story as it snowballed into a national obsession. Alarmed by the public reaction, the Harbin magistrate ordered the case reopened, only to have the suspended sentence confirmed when the case was closed this March.
在接下来的几个月里，由于报纸和电视台对该事件滚雪球般地报道使其成为一个全国上下共同关注的话题。在公众舆论的压力下，哈尔滨地方法院重新开庭审理了该案，但在今年三月结案时的结论也只是维持缓刑的原判。此时，另一个发生在2003年末的，与BMW相关的事件也在几乎永远退出公众视线之前，再次悄然浮现。