Latest News:  

English>>China Society

12 officials suspended over children deaths

(Xinhua)

10:40, December 27, 2012

GUIXI, Jiangxi, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Twelve officials, including a vice mayor, have received work suspensions after 11 children died in a traffic accident on Monday in east China.

Eleven kindergarten students died following the traffic accident in which a van carrying 15 children and one teacher plunged into a roadside pond on Monday morning in a rural area of Guixi City, Jiangxi Province.

Police have detained the van's driver, who is also the head of the kindergarten, for questioning. A total of 12 officials, including the vice mayor of Guixi and directors of the education and transportation bureaus, were suspended from work for further investigation.

A thorough inspection of all school buses in the province has been launched in an effort to prevent similar accidents.

Recommended Features:

A Canadian’s century of love for China

Photos: Our hopes in the passing 2012

Dec. 21, 2012 is an ordinary day

Catchwords in memory in 2012

Review 2012: Life is a special exam

Attentions to 'left-behind children'

China's graduate education is warned

Sex case leads to warnings about smart phone apps

China's weekly story (2012.12.15-12.20)


Email|Print|Comments(Editor:黄瑾、陈丽丹)

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Four warships of navy hold open day to public

  2. Frontier defense soldiers on patrol duty

  3. Splendid moments in 2012

  4. 89 children rescued in trafficking crackdown

  5. Unremitting scientific exploration

  6. Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway opens

  7. World's hottest supermodels in 2012

  8. The sexiest female athletes of 2012

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Time to abandon obsession with theme parks
  2. No grand glory, but plenty to cheer about
  3. Optimism over China's economy surfaces
  4. Internet gaming: 'A winning gamble'
  5. People have right to know what chickens eat
  6. Catchwords in memory in 2012
  7. Why the young Chinese get physically weaker
  8. Why Discover China is popular in the West
  9. The laughter sounds too harsh
  10. Do not confuse Confucious with Santa Claus

What’s happening in China

Ministry urges school safety after fatal van crash

  1. China to monitor students' fitness nationwide
  2. Military liquor ban drops shares
  3. China helps migrant workers get train tickets
  4. China convicts nearly 30,000 for IPR crimes
  5. Tobacco control plan criticized as 'weak'