Kuaishou closes livestreaming accounts over suicide footage

School teacher accused of molesting loses credentials

Family offered compensation money but refuses, calling it humiliating

A high school teacher who was accused of forcibly kissing a female student before the girl committed suicide last week will have his credentials revoked, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

The girl, identified only as Li, was allegedly attacked by Wu Yonghou two years ago in Qingyang, Gansu province. On June 20, she jumped to her death from the eighth floor of a department store. She was 19 years old.

After an investigation, Wu was banned from teaching for life, a spokesman for the city's education bureau said on Tuesday.

In July, the bureau handed down administrative penalties and removed Wu from his teaching post at Qingyang No 6 High School after Li's father accused him of molesting the girl.

Video of Li's suicide, in which some onlookers could be heard cheering and applauding as she fell, was widely shared on Chinese social media.

Police investigating the tragedy have detained two people for applauding, while six others suspected of filming and cheering during the incident have been urged to turn themselves in, Qingyang's public security bureau said in a statement on Monday.

Videos of the incident shared online showed Li sitting on a ledge for hours while rescue workers tried to talk her out of jumping. Some passers-by on the street below heckled her, shouting, "How come you haven't jumped yet?"

When she jumped, some people clapped while a rescue worker screamed in distress.

Li's father has said his daughter was severely depressed over an assault by Wu in September 2016. Wu had tried to kiss and hug the girl, according to the police statement.