Three top cops sacked over detention death

BEIJING - Three senior police officers were sacked on Sunday and four policemen were placed under investigation after a suspect was allegedly tortured to death in a detention house in Henan province on Feb 21.

Henan's provincial public security department said Zhang Guanjun, director of Lushan county's police bureau, was ordered to resign on Sunday for bearing responsibility for the case.

The bureau's deputy chief and another senior officer in charge of criminal investigations were removed from their posts, pending further punishments, the department said late on Sunday.