Chinese kindergarten staff disciplined for sharing photos of boys’ genitals
- Administrator at Shenzhen school said nurse who sent images to staff doctor was worried infants were touching themselves and they might have been injured
Authorities in Shenzhen sacked two senior staff from a kindergarten, detained three and fined another after they were found to have taken and shared images of boys’ genitals.
The five women and one man from Shenzhen Meilin Kindergarten in Futian district infringed the children’s privacy by taking and sharing the photos among themselves, Futian police said on Wednesday.
The principal, a 37-year-old woman named Xiao, and the school’s founder – a 76-year-old woman named Ren who was employed as a school doctor – were sacked after the incident last week, the Futian district education bureau said on Wednesday.
Another doctor and two nurses were detained for five days, while a member of staff was fined 500 yuan (US$74), police said.
Xiao and Ren were exempted from detention by the police because Xiao was a mother with an infant and Ren was older than 70.