Hyderabad, May 27 -- A university in China has sparked public outrage after a video surfaced online where a student was allegedly asked by the staff to pull down her trousers to prove she was menstruating before being granted sick leave.

According to the South China Morning Post, the video was posted by a student of the Gengdan Institute of Beijing University of Technology. In the video, the student is seen confronting the staff of the campus clinic asking "So what you are saying is, every woman on her period has to take off her pants and show you to get a leave note?" to which the staff replies "Yes, it's a school regulation." Although when asked for written proof of the rule, the staff remains silent.

The incident sparked outrage amon...