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Teacher admits using syringe to prick 63 kids
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-05 16:11
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KUNMING - A kindergarten teacher admitted Thursday pricking 63 "disobedient" children in her class with an empty syringe in court in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
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 Sun Qiqi stands trial at the Jianshui County People's Court in Jianshui, southwest China's Yunnan province on March 4, 2010. [Photo/xinmin.cn]
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The trial of Sun Qiqi, a teacher with the Xihu Nursery, was held at the Jianshui County People's Court.
Sun was charged with endangering public security by dangerous methods, according to a court statement. No verdict was given Thursday.
Sun confessed to pricking 63 children on their hands, buttocks and feet with an empty syringe to make them "behave."
"As a medical graduate, she should have known her acts could cause the spread of infections," said the statement.
In a health checkup conducted by the local health authorities, all the victims tested negative for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
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The parents of the children have demanded Sun pay 1.8 million yuan ($264,000) in compensation.
