Dig out the truth of a murder that had been buried

Editor's note: The police in Huaihua, Hunan province, confirmed on Thursday that the remains of a body that were dug out from the playground of Xinhuang No 1 Middle School the previous day were that of Deng Shiping, a teacher of the school who had been missing for 16 years after he complained about the contractor cutting corners in the school's playground renovation project in January 2003. Beijing News comments:

Du Shaoping, the contractor of the project 16 years ago, and nephew of the then headmaster of the school, was detained by the police in April for allegedly being the leader of organized crime in the city, after a member of his gang reported him to the police.

The whistle blower used to be a student of the missing teacher and by accident once heard Du mention that Deng was under the playground and the police would never find him.