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Police jailed for kid's death
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2004-08-23 08:42 A Chengdu court sentenced two
police officers to jail for causing the death of a child whose mother was in
custody, Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
Li Siyi, 3, starved to death in her locked home days after her mother Li
Guifang was taken into custody for theft and drug addiction, because police
officers Wang Xin and Huang Xiaobin failed to have someone take care of the
child, the court heard Friday.
The two policemen were convicted of dereliction of duty. Wang Xin, deputy
head of the Chengjiao police station in Jintang County, was sentenced to three
years in jail, while Huang Xiaobin, a police officer stationed at the Chengjiao
police station, was sentenced to two years in prison.
On June 4, 2003, Huang Xiaobin caught Li Guifang stealing two bottles of
shampoo. After finding Li was a drug addict, police sent her to the Chengdu Drug
Rehabilitation Center the same day, the Xindu district court heard.
On her way to the rehabilitation center, Li asked Wang Xin to call her sister
to ask her to take care of Li Siyi, who was at home alone, the court heard.
Wang informed the police station at Li's community about her situation. On
June 5, Wang asked Huang Xiaobin to check the girl's condition, but Huang said
he had already informed the police station, the court heard. Xinhua did not say
whether either of the officers asked Li's sister to take care of the child.
On June 21, Li Siyi's body was found in her locked home, severely decomposed.
The case triggered public anger as well as attention from provincial leaders
of Sichuan.
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