- 06 Aug 2009 02:26
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http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2009-08/453958.html
Cured!
Seriously though, that camp should be shut down on the spot.
Student beaten to death at boot camp
* Source: Global Times
* [01:16 August 04 2009]
* Comments
Victim, Deng Senshan. Photo courtesy of Deng Fei
By Wen Ya
A teenager sent by his parents to a boot camp to cure his Internet addiction died after he was beaten by camp supervisors, police in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region claimed yesterday.
The three teachers who allegedly beat Deng Senshan, 16, were detained by local police Sunday, Deng Fei, the boy’s father, a businessman from Ziyuan county, told the Global Times yesterday.
“We are investigating a case where a high school student was beaten to death by his camp supervisors. The case is still under investigation,” a police officer at the Jiangnan branch of Nanning Public Security Bureau said.
He refused to give further details.
Deng graduated from Ziyuan No. 2 High School in Guilin in July and was sent to Guangxi Qihang Survival Training Camp, a branch set up by Guangzhou Self-help Teenager Development Training Center on Saturday by his parents.
They had read an ad about the camp online and hoped the experience would help rid their son of his Internet addiction.
Deng Fei paid the camp 7,000 yuan ($1,024) for one month of training.
He signed the camp agreement that said it aimed to help children to become independent and rectify their bad habitats by “close management with training teachers.”
“Our methods are tough but do not include torture or other methods that might damage a child’s health,” reads the mission statement.
But his son was put in solitary confinement within hours of his arrival and was then beaten to death by his trainers after they “scolded” him for running too slowly, Deng said.
“My son was very healthy and was not a criminal. He just had an Internet addiction when I left him at the camp.
“The police informed us that our child had died on Monday morning. We can’t believe our only son was beaten to death,” the father said.
The teachers who beat Deng realized he was badly injured and sent him to hospital in Wuxu town three hours later. He was declared dead about 3 am Sunday – 10 minutes after he arrived at the hospital, Deng Fei said.
The boy’s medical record, which was faxed to the Global Times, read: “The boy showed no response to emergency treatment.
“He arrived with a very weak heartbeat and could not breathe. He was exhausted after being beaten. We were unable to save him.”
The victim’s father was notified by the police of his son’s death and rushed to the town. He called the camp but officials there denied the incident had taken place.
The camp’s principal, a man surnamed Xia, denied Deng had been beaten by his teachers and told the father his son was sent to hospital because of a serious fever.
“But I was told the truth by my relative who is in the local police force,” the father said.
After arriving at the local funeral parlor to identify his son’s body, he saw “blood all over the his face” and “wounds on his wrists were bruises from where had been restrained by handcuffs.”
Photos of Deng’s body shown to the Global Times show visible injuries.
The forensic doctor, surnamed Gan, who carried out a postmortem examination on Deng refused to answer any question when contacted by the Global Times.
“The teachers promised me that they would not use any physical punishment on my son when I dropped him off,” Deng Fei said.
Some 40 people, including parents and Deng relatives, are calling for an investigation and demanding the camp be closed down immediately.
“We’re planning to sit before the local government for a protest tomorrow. If they don’t give us justice, we will go to the camp to confront them,” Deng said.
Cured!
Seriously though, that camp should be shut down on the spot.
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