Friday, October 31, 2008

"Who killed our children?" asks Chinese director in Sichuan quake documentary...

A Chinese director hopes his documentary about the deaths of hundreds of children in the collapse of a shoddily built school during the Sichuan earthquake will provoke answers, but he doesn't expect any soon.

The devastating May tremor in southwest China killed 80,000 people. Many were children who had been napping or were at their desks in schools that crumbled while other buildings stood firm.

China vowed to punish those responsible after aggrieved parents blamed their children's deaths on substandard construction stemming from corruption and greed. No prosecutions have been reported yet and families have been pressured into dropping their complaints against local officials. More...

See also:

  1. China: teacher held for publishing quake photos...
  2. China quake: Runner Fan explains why he abandonned his students...
  3. Chinese official begs on his knees to prevent protests!!
  4. China's earthquake: where are the children?

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