Sexual assaults on students by teachers are serious offenses

A 19-YEAR-OLD FEMALE high school student committed suicide in Qingyang, Northwest China's Gansu province, last week, which was reportedly associated with her former head teacher, surnamed Wu, who forcibly kissed and molested her in September 2016. Thepaper.cn comments:

After the woman committed suicide, her family showed the media a petition letter written by her, which blamed Wu for sexually assaulting her. Her father said that she had always been angry because Wu received only a light penalty and he was still teaching at the school.

According to the announcement by the local police, Wu was detained for 10 days and the local procuratorate decided not to sue him in court, saying "the case is minor". As the girl's death aroused wide attention, the local education bureau has now banned Wu from teaching for life.