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A Chinese father is calling for an inquiry after his 10-year-old son threw himself from a high-rise building, allegedly on the orders of a teacher who caught him talking in class
The father of a 10-year-old student who fell to his death from a 30-storey block of flats after a primary school teacher allegedly “ordered” him to jump from a building has demanded justice.
The boy, who was a pupil at the Huarun School in the southwestern city of Chengdu, plummeted to his death at around 6.15pm on Wednesday afternoon, according to local reports.
One witness told Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV he had heard a “very shocking” bang that sounded like an exploding car as the child’s body hit a vehicle parked outside the flats.
Relatives told Chinese media that, shortly after being punished for talking during a school reading competition, the boy – who was given the alias Junjun – took a lift to the 30th floor of his family’s block of flats and hurled himself from the building.
A teacher had threatened Junjun with a 1,000-character “self-criticism” essay after he was reprimanded for distracting other students, it was claimed. When the boy failed to complete the punishment, the teacher allegedly instructed him to jump off a building.
Angry relatives hung a white banner from the school’s gates on Thursday, reading: “The teacher forced our child to jump off the building.”
Speaking to The Telegraph, Li Yingju, the victim's father, called for a full investigation.
“All we want now is the truth,” he said. “We want to give our son an answer. He was so smart, such a good son.”
A statement posted on the school’s official micro-blog described the boy’s death as an “accident”.
However, relatives dispute the school’s version of events.
The phrases, "Teacher, I can't do it" and, “I flinched several times when I tried to jump from the building” were found written on one of Junjun’s textbooks, China National Radio reported, according to AFP.
Mr Li said he had not noticed anything “abnormal or unusual” about his son’s behavior in the lead-up to his death.
“Just couple of days ago, he won first prize in an English test and was really happy about it,” Mr Li said. “My son had a sunny personality, as all of his classmates and our neighbours know.”
“It was so sudden. I still can’t believe it. He was so outgoing and was good at handling stress. I just can't imagine how severe the pressure or punishment must have been to make him do this.”
A police official from Chengdu’s Jinjiang district told AFP an investigation was “still under way”.
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A Chinese father is calling for an inquiry after his 10-year-old son threw himself from a high-rise building, allegedly on the orders of a teacher who caught him talking in class
The father of a 10-year-old student who fell to his death from a 30-storey block of flats after a primary school teacher allegedly “ordered” him to jump from a building has demanded justice.
The boy, who was a pupil at the Huarun School in the southwestern city of Chengdu, plummeted to his death at around 6.15pm on Wednesday afternoon, according to local reports.
One witness told Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV he had heard a “very shocking” bang that sounded like an exploding car as the child’s body hit a vehicle parked outside the flats.
Relatives told Chinese media that, shortly after being punished for talking during a school reading competition, the boy – who was given the alias Junjun – took a lift to the 30th floor of his family’s block of flats and hurled himself from the building.
A teacher had threatened Junjun with a 1,000-character “self-criticism” essay after he was reprimanded for distracting other students, it was claimed. When the boy failed to complete the punishment, the teacher allegedly instructed him to jump off a building.
Angry relatives hung a white banner from the school’s gates on Thursday, reading: “The teacher forced our child to jump off the building.”
Speaking to The Telegraph, Li Yingju, the victim's father, called for a full investigation.
“All we want now is the truth,” he said. “We want to give our son an answer. He was so smart, such a good son.”
A statement posted on the school’s official micro-blog described the boy’s death as an “accident”.
However, relatives dispute the school’s version of events.
The phrases, "Teacher, I can't do it" and, “I flinched several times when I tried to jump from the building” were found written on one of Junjun’s textbooks, China National Radio reported, according to AFP.
Mr Li said he had not noticed anything “abnormal or unusual” about his son’s behavior in the lead-up to his death.
“Just couple of days ago, he won first prize in an English test and was really happy about it,” Mr Li said. “My son had a sunny personality, as all of his classmates and our neighbours know.”
“It was so sudden. I still can’t believe it. He was so outgoing and was good at handling stress. I just can't imagine how severe the pressure or punishment must have been to make him do this.”
A police official from Chengdu’s Jinjiang district told AFP an investigation was “still under way”.
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