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Alice Yan

Prosecutors in central China have named two suspects in the death and disappearance of a school building site supervisor 16 years ago.
In June, the remains of Deng Shiping were dug up from a playing field at Xinhuang No 1 Middle School in Huaihua, a city in Hunan province, after a tip from a suspect. DNA tests showed the remains were Deng’s.
Prosecutors were given police documents naming Du Shaoping and Yao Cailin as suspects in an intentional homicide, news website Thepaper.cn reported on Friday, citing a legal notice given to the victim’s family.
Before his disappearance, Deng, 53, a teacher assigned to oversee the project, wrote to the education authority alleging that the work – led by Du – used fewer materials than it needed, leading to a poor job.

Du is the nephew of school principal Huang Bingsong, who was questioned in June after Du told police where Deng was buried, The Paper said.
Yao was Du’s foreman. They were detained in April after the dead man’s son, Deng Lanbing, went back to police with his family’s suspicions about the disappearance.
Deng Shiping’s daughter – who was identified as Deng Ling – said after that her father went missing her family spoke to police about Du but inquiries revealed nothing.
Chinese man closes in on justice for ‘murdered’ dad as police find remains buried under playground
She said they guessed their father was buried beneath the playing field and even thought of hiring an excavator to help look for his body.
“The playground is too big and we will find nothing if we dig in only one place,” she was quoted as saying. “We couldn’t afford to dig the whole area.”
Deng Ling was there when her father’s remains were dug up.

“They pulled out several stones, and then I saw my father’s skull in the bucket,” she was quoted as saying. “I completely collapsed and cried for hours.”
Deng Ling said police recovered her father’s skeleton and sent it for examination. She said she had heard that scraps of his trousers were also found.
Deng Lanbing, who was 15 in 2003, wrote about his father’s death on social media. His family left town for fear of “being persecuted for the second time”, he told followers on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service.
“I am more eager than anybody else to know the truth [of his father’s case],” he said.
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A former colleague of Deng Shiping told The Paper he was always honest and “dared to speak the truth”. He said Deng had voiced misgivings about the playing fields several times.
“A person who dares to tell the truth should not deserve this ending,” he said.


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Chinese prosecutors name suspects in death of school building site supervisor who vanished 16 years ago

The family of Deng Shiping learned his fate after 16 years when police recovered his bones from a school playing field. Photo: Weibo

=== PHOTO CAPTURED FROM WEIBO === Two suspects have been named and will be charged in a case in central China that gripped the nation in June when the body of a man who went missing 16 years ago was found buried under a playground. Public prosecutors received investigation materials from police authorities in Xinhuang county about Du Shaoping and Yao Cailin on suspicion of intentional homicide, news portal Thepaper.cn reported on Friday, citing a document issued by the PeopleÕs Procuratorate of Huaihua, Hunan province, to the victimÕs family. The duo were accused of killing Deng Shiping, a 53-year-old construction project supervisor at the Xinhuang No 1 Middle School when he disappeared in January 2003.  WEIBO

=== PHOTO CAPTURED FROM WEIBO === Two suspects have been named and will be charged in a case in central China that gripped the nation in June when the body of a man who went missing 16 years ago was found buried under a playground. Public prosecutors received investigation materials from police authorities in Xinhuang county about Du Shaoping and Yao Cailin on suspicion of intentional homicide, news portal Thepaper.cn reported on Friday, citing a document issued by the Peopleâs Procuratorate of Huaihua, Hunan province, to the victimâs family. The duo were accused of killing Deng Shiping, a 53-year-old construction project supervisor at the Xinhuang No 1 Middle School when he disappeared in January 2003.  WEIBO

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Remains of Deng Shiping were dug up from beneath playing field in Hunan
Son and daughter say their suspicions about father’s fate were borne out



Remains of Deng Shiping were dug up from beneath playing field in Hunan in June; his son and daughter say their suspicions about father’s fate were borne out.


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Chinese prosecutors name suspects in death of school building site supervisor who vanished 16 years ago

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Remains of Deng Shiping were dug up from beneath playing field in Hunan

Son and daughter say their suspicions about father’s fate were borne out