China's Horrific New Scandal - Mom Of 8 Found Chained By Neck
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The Jiangsu province government announced that it would form a team to "find the truth," after China censored a letter signed by 100 alumni of Peking University calling for a central probe, a rare public challenge to President Xi Jinping's government.
China has fired, punished and probed more than a dozen local officials in eastern Jiangsu province, after an investigation intended to quell public anger over the case of a mother of eight found chained by the neck.
The Communist Party chief for Feng county was among those fired, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday, citing the local government investigation. Officials also announced a crackdown on the trafficking of women, pledging to investigate cases that infringed on the rights of women, children and mentally disabled people.
Jiangsu authorities vowed to "severely crackdown on crimes related to trafficking women and children, as well as those who purchase trafficked women and children," report added.
The Jiangsu government announced last week that it would form a team to "find the truth," after China censored a letter signed by 100 alumni of Peking University calling for the central government to look into the matter, a rare public challenge to President Xi Jinping's government.
