8 penalized over vagrant children's deaths
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Eight people, ranging from school principals to government officials, have been penalized over the deaths last week of five street children in a dumpster in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said on Tuesday.
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The dumpster where the five kids died. |
The penalties included sackings and suspension of duty, according to a decision made by city authorities in Bijie City on Monday night.
The five children, all boys, were identified as natives of the city's outer Qixingguan District. They were: Tao Zhongjing, 12, Tao Zhonghong, 11, Tao Zhonglin, 13, Tao Chong, 12 and Tao Bo, 9.
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 on Tuesday 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.
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