Preschool squabble triggers official's removal

An official who was thrust into the spotlight over a conflict at his daughter's kindergarten has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from his post for graft, according to the Sichuan provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection on Tuesday.

Yan Chunfeng, former deputy Party secretary of Guang'an, Sichuan province, is being investigated by both the Sichuan disciplinary commission and its supervisory commission for possible violations of the law and Party rules.

Yan attracted public attention in May when a woman - who turned out to be his ex-wife - threatened to get a kindergarten teacher in Chengdu fired after the teacher criticized her daughter for being naughty. A snapshot of a WeChat group chat showed the woman saying to the teacher: "You must apologize to my daughter, or I will let your boss explain to Secretary Yan!"