Security camera footage has emerged from China showing a female passenger kick a man between the legs after he appeared to try to rub himself up against her on a bus.

The CCTV video, captured in Luoyang city, Henan Province on August 31, shows the man walk down the bus and then stand directly in front of the seated female passenger.

When he appears to try to rub his groin on the woman, she delivers a swift kick between his legs.

As the man recoils in pain, she can be seen shouting for the bus driver to call the police.

The man was detained for five days, according to local media.

Footage, from China, of a man trying to indecently assault a woman on bus being kicked by her.

The CCTV video, captured in Luoyang city, central China's Henan Province on August 31, shows a man walking to stand in front of a woman sitting on bus and trying to rub his lower body on the woman's leg.

Suddenly, the woman kicks the man in between his legs and asks the bus driver to call police.

The man was detained for five days.