Professor calls for independent probe

BEIJING - A proposal to establish an independent panel to probe the deadly bullet train collision in Wenzhou, which killed at least 39 people, has drawn strong support from Chinese netizens.

He Weifang, a renowned law professor at Peking University, called on the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, to rise to the occasion and establish a special committee for the investigation.

"It is hardly convincing for the culprit to look into the cause of the incident," he said in his micro blog post at Sina Weibo, China's improved version of Twitter, on Tuesday.