Two officials removed over sex assault claim at college

Nanchang University removed two officials from their positions on Wednesday, following a report that a female student was sexually assaulted by one of them for half a year.

Cheng Shuijin, president of the Institute of Chinese Classics at the university and Zhou Bin, vice-president of the institute, were removed from their posts, according to the university's Weibo account. Zhou's teaching and research work was also suspended.

The university, in Jiangxi province, said the case is now being handled by the police.