Two teens died in detention

The deaths of two juveniles over four days at a provincial juveline reformaotry in Hunan last month were a coincidence, officials have said.

"The two juveniles died of natural causes. The reformatory staff is not guilty of dereliction of duty," Huang Chunyang, head of Hunan Prison Administrative Bureau, was quoted as saying by Beijing-based Oriental Outlook Weekly.

"Two deaths in four days was just a coincidence," a staff member at the reformatory, who refused to give his name, told China Daily yesterday. "We made our best efforts to save their lives."