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Chinese school caught defying city smog closure order planned to punish pupil whistle-blower

Shaanxi’s Education Department orders investigation and criticises Xian school that wanted to ‘retaliate’ against child who revealed it ignored January 3 ban on classes

Pupils at Xigongda High School still had to attend classes on January 3 despite Xian’s education officials ordering schools to shut because of severe smog. File photo: Xinhua

A Chinese secondary school caught defying a city government’s order to halt classes because of severe smog also planned to ‘punish’ the whistle-blower after an official leaked the pupil’s identity, mainland media reported.

Xigongda High School in Xian, Shaanxi province, carried on with its classes on January 3 despite city education officials ordering schools to shut because of the chronic air pollution which has plagued much of northern China over the past month, the news website Thepaper.cn reported.