Chinese men in Germany used Telegram to share rape videos and drugging tips. The victims were mostly women of Chinese heritage.
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Last year, a Berlin court sentenced Tong Z to five years and nine months in prison for aggravated rape, dangerous bodily harm and violation of personal privacy. The case had echoes of the crimes of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou, 29, a Chinese student jailed in 2025 for life for drugging and raping 10 women in the UK and China.
But Tong Z was not acting alone. Further court rulings this year found he was one of eight members of a Telegram group called “German Driving School”. Within the group, members used coded terms to discuss drugging and raping women: “fuel” meant anaesthetic agents and sedatives, and “car” was the code name for their targets. The men – all but one of whom were Chinese nationals – also filmed their assaults, shared the footage and celebrated each other’s crimes.
Three of the men, including Tong Z, have now been convicted in connection with the Telegram group. Dapeng Z, a 44-year-old IT engineer and the group’s admin, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for aggravated rape and attempted murder. Zhongyi J, a 28-year-old Chinese student, received more than 11 years for similar charges. German courts ruled that the two men had knowingly administered life-threatening doses of drugs to their victims.
The revelations have sent shockwaves across China and the global Chinese diaspora, as most of the victims were also women of Chinese heritage living in Europe.
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