Featherweight inmate dies at labor center; family cries foul

BEIJING - A 37-year-old severely underweight inmate died last Friday at a reeducation-through-labor center in Tangshan city, Hebei province.

Dong Xiongbo, who lived at the center for nearly a year, was 179-cm-tall but weighed only 35 kg when he died at a local hospital.

Dong's family alleged his death was a result of "too much work and lack of timely medical treatment".