Boy dies after lethal injection at illegal clinic

A 16-year-old boy died five hours after receiving an injection at an illegal medical clinic in Chaoyang district on Sunday, the district health bureau said.

The clinic was shut down as an investigation began into the circumstances surrounding the boy's death yesterday. The doctor, surnamed Miao, was taken for questioning by police, the Beijing Times reported.

According to his parents, the boy surnamed Ge felt pain in the abdomen after eating an orange on Saturday night so they took him to an illegal clinic - which is not registered with the health bureau - in Yongshiying village, Laiguangying town.