Baidu editor sacked after posting about dead girl without father's permission

An employee of Baidu, China's search engine giant, was fired on Saturday for posting information online in the name of the father of a dead girl without his permission.

On Saturday afternoon, police said they would conduct tests to identify a body found in Xiangshan county, Ningbo, Zhejiang province, believed to be that of Zhang Zixin, a 9-year-old girl who went missing after being taken from her home on July 4 by a couple from Guangdong who committed suicide on July 8.

Before the test results were disclosed, a statement was posted on the Baidu account of Zixin's father, Zhang Jun, saying: "I was just told Zixin has left this world and gone to heaven. We can't be father and daughter anymore in this lifetime, but I hope she can be my daughter in the next life."