Chinese police detain RYB kindergarten teacher over child abuse claims
Principal also sacked but still no official word on specific allegations
Police in Beijing have detained a 22-year-old woman teacher over allegations of abuse of children at a kindergarten owned by a US-listed education group.
The principal of the RYB Education New World kindergarten in Chaoyang district has also been sacked amid an investigation into claims that children in the school’s care were abused.
According to Chinese media, parents allege that some of the children were molested, had needle marks on their arms and were given unspecified medication. But police have not publicly clarified what kind of claims they are investigating.
The Chaoyang district government said police reports indicated the case was one of malicious harm to children.
“We have asked the kindergarten’s owner to immediately fire the principal, and we will seriously investigate the school and its staff,” the district government said.
Soon after municipal police announced on Saturday that it had detained a 22-year-old teacher identified only by her surname Liu, RYB Education said it had sacked the woman and removed the kindergarten’s principal.