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Officials punished for 5 boys' death in dumpster
By Li Qian |
November 20, 2012, Tuesday
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Eight officials in Bijie City, Guizhou Province were sacked or suspended from jobs after five children were found dead in a dumpster, killed by carbon monoxide as they huddled inside and burned charcoal for warmth, according to Xinhua News Agency.
They include two vice mayors of the city's Qixingguan District where the five boys aged between nine and 13 perished, according to a decision made by the city's Party committee.
The five boys were found dead last Friday along with charcoal ashes in the dumpster. They were cousins of a big family surnamed Tao, Xinhua News Agency reported today.
It drizzled on Thursday night and the temperature dropped to 6 degrees Celsius, according to local weather reports. The five young runaways didn't get any help.
Tao Jinyou, the father of one boy, said the five children had not been seen for three weeks after they went out to play. The parents and their teachers didn't know where to find them.
Four boys were dropouts due to their poor performance at school, said Tao Yuanwu, another father.
The boys were from the same extended family and their fathers were three brothers, the city government said in a press release given to Xinhua this morning.
Family members and teachers had been searching for the children, who went missing three weeks ago, when their bodies were found, by a trash collector in a dumpster last Friday, said Tao Jinyou, father of Tao Zhonglin.
He said the child quit school two years ago and had been herding cattle at home.
In fact, four of the five kids were drop-outs and the other also cut school often.
Despite their teachers' attempts at persuasion, the kids refused to return to school, saying they were getting poor grades and disliked learning, said Tao Yuanwu, father of two of the boys: Tao Chong and Tao Bo.
Tao Yuanwu, a migrant worker in the southern boom city Shenzhen, arrived home only yesterday to identify the bodies.
Police said the boys died from carbon monoxide poisoning, as remains of burnt charcoal found inside the dumpster indicated they might have burnt charcoal for warmth before they died.
Their tragic deaths spurred an outburst of grief from the public, who blamed the children's caregivers and local government for failing to take care of the young lives.
The sacked individuals also included two officials in Xinghaizijie Township, the children's hometown, and two local school principals for failing to get the children back to school.
They include two vice mayors of the city's Qixingguan District where the five boys aged between nine and 13 perished, according to a decision made by the city's Party committee.
The five boys were found dead last Friday along with charcoal ashes in the dumpster. They were cousins of a big family surnamed Tao, Xinhua News Agency reported today.
It drizzled on Thursday night and the temperature dropped to 6 degrees Celsius, according to local weather reports. The five young runaways didn't get any help.
Tao Jinyou, the father of one boy, said the five children had not been seen for three weeks after they went out to play. The parents and their teachers didn't know where to find them.
Four boys were dropouts due to their poor performance at school, said Tao Yuanwu, another father.
The boys were from the same extended family and their fathers were three brothers, the city government said in a press release given to Xinhua this morning.
Family members and teachers had been searching for the children, who went missing three weeks ago, when their bodies were found, by a trash collector in a dumpster last Friday, said Tao Jinyou, father of Tao Zhonglin.
He said the child quit school two years ago and had been herding cattle at home.
In fact, four of the five kids were drop-outs and the other also cut school often.
Despite their teachers' attempts at persuasion, the kids refused to return to school, saying they were getting poor grades and disliked learning, said Tao Yuanwu, father of two of the boys: Tao Chong and Tao Bo.
Tao Yuanwu, a migrant worker in the southern boom city Shenzhen, arrived home only yesterday to identify the bodies.
Police said the boys died from carbon monoxide poisoning, as remains of burnt charcoal found inside the dumpster indicated they might have burnt charcoal for warmth before they died.
Their tragic deaths spurred an outburst of grief from the public, who blamed the children's caregivers and local government for failing to take care of the young lives.
The sacked individuals also included two officials in Xinghaizijie Township, the children's hometown, and two local school principals for failing to get the children back to school.
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