China Chronicles October 31, 2012

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• Alcoholic father sells baby girl for money

  A man in Chongqing, southwest China surrendered himself to police two years after he sold his then three-year-old daughter for money as his family lived in poverty.

  Li Qiang, 59, is a jobless alcoholic in Tongliang County under Chongqing. His insane wife gave birth to their first child five years ago but Li rarely took care of his daughter. To pay his debts, Li asked his friend Zhou Jian to help him sell the baby girl in 2010.

  Zhou found a buyer in eastern Zhejiang Province and Li earned 38,000 yuan (US$6,031) from the deal. Four middlemen were paid 4,000 yuan each, Chongqing Morning Post reported today.

  Li lied to his wife that the girl went missing and everyone believed him. But three months ago, he surprisingly handed himself over to police, saying he wanted his daughter back because he missed her so much.

  During questioning, prosecutors found his real motive was to sell his daughter again so they rejected his request. They also learned that the girl is living well in her new home.

  The five offenders were charged with child trafficking yesterday, but Li's confession would earn him a lenient sentence, the newspaper said.

• Alcoholic father sells baby girl for money

  A man in Chongqing, southwest China surrendered himself to police two years after he sold his then three-year-old daughter for money as his family lived in poverty.

  Li Qiang, 59, is a jobless alcoholic in Tongliang County under Chongqing. His insane wife gave birth to their first child five years ago but Li rarely took care of his daughter. To pay his debts, Li asked his friend Zhou Jian to help him sell the baby girl in 2010.

  Zhou found a buyer in eastern Zhejiang Province and Li earned 38,000 yuan (US$6,031) from the deal. Four middlemen were paid 4,000 yuan each, Chongqing Morning Post reported today.

  Li lied to his wife that the girl went missing and everyone believed him. But three months ago, he surprisingly handed himself over to police, saying he wanted his daughter back because he missed her so much.

  During questioning, prosecutors found his real motive was to sell his daughter again so they rejected his request. They also learned that the girl is living well in her new home.

  The five offenders were charged with child trafficking yesterday, but Li's confession would earn him a lenient sentence, the newspaper said.

• Shenzhen lawmaker arrested in bribery probe

  A legislator in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, who disappeared from the public view for some time, is now under investigation for bribery linked to a deadly train collision in Wenzhou in July last year.

  Shenzhen prosecutors said yesterday that Xu Yusuo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen People's Congress and president of Invengo Information Technology Co Ltd, has been put in custody at the request of Zhengzhou Railway Bureau in Henan Province.

  Xu's downfall is believed to be connected to the breakdown of a railway signal system that caused the train collision in Wenzhou, leaving 40 people dead and 172 injured. But this has not yet been confirmed officially.

  Invengo Information Technology, a provider of railway signal systems, was founded in 1999 and went public in August 2007, according to information on its website.

  Xu ranked 496th on the Hurun Rich List in 2009 with 2.2 billion yuan (US$349 million) in personal assets. Most of his company's income came from railway projects.

• Another kindergarten teacher detained for child abuse

  A kindergarten teacher in Shandong Province was held in administrative detention for abusing children in her class.

  Parents watched in horror video footages that showed their child was physically abused by the woman teacher who defended her actions as "kiddy fight."

  After the teacher was caught, children started telling their stories with encouragement from their parents. A boy said his teacher identified as Li Ling pricked him with a needle in his face, the mole on his arm, in his back and buttocks.

  The boy refused to go to school but said nothing bad about his teacher before her arrest. He suffered the trauma and would not let his father to turn off the light when he was in the bed because "once the light is out, the teacher will come with a needle."

  Another girl said her mouth was sealed with adhesive tape by the teacher. As soon as she tore it off, the teacher would seal her up again until the tape was used up.

  Parents said they thought this teacher was very polite and had a nice personality before her sadist behavior became known.

  Haipei Goldren Cradle Kindergarten is a well-known preschool in Dongying City, Shandong Province. Local police have started an investigating into the case.

  The local government also held a meeting made up of justice, public security, education, and health authorities to address the issue and said people responsible for the teacher's misconduct will be punished as well.

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