Baby killed by car after allegedly being thrown into road by mother, kindergarten teachers abusing children exposed by CCTV and innocent man freed having spent eight years behind bars

Mother suspected of having thrown daughter to her death

A mother has been detained after allegedly throwing her year-old daughter into a road where the baby was hit and killed by an oncoming vehicle on Tuesday, according to Chinese Twitter-like site Sina Weibo.

The woman in Cixi, Ningbo city in Zhejiang province was reportedly seen holding another child, a boy, as she was trying to throw the baby into the road. Before the incident she was reported to have asked a shop owner to borrow a pair of scissors but was turned down. A passer-by noticed her abnormal actions and tried to stop her but was too late.

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CCTV exposes teachers' wrongdoing

Surveillance video requested by parents provided proof that teachers physically abused more than 20 children at Wisdom kindergarten in Chaoyang district, Beijing, the Beijing Times reported on Thursday.

Parents reported the matter to police after finding bruises on the knees and lower legs of their children who claimed teachers beat them. In the video, a teacher pushed, kicked and yelled at the children. Two teachers involved have already been detained for alleged assault.

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Dragon boat oarsman clubs a chub to death

A chub weighing 44 pounds was hit and killed by an oar during dragon boat race training in Pingtang county of Guizhou province on Tuesday, gzdsw.com reported. It is believed the powerful movement of the oars may have brought the fish, living at the bottom of the river, nearer to the surface. The chub was about one-meter long and residents said it was rare to see such big fish in the river.

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Innocent man released after eight years detention

A man was found innocent and released on Tuesday after spending eight years in a detention center for killing a man in Zhijin County, Guizhou province, the Beijing Times reported.

In 1999, a friend of Zhang Guangxiang was killed and after four years local police detained Zhang as a suspect because he had not attended the victim's funeral. Zhang admitted the crime but later withdrew his confession. He was released on bail in 2004 but rearrested in 2006. His third trial in Guizhou Higher People's Court found him not guilty and released him on April 29.

A cousin of Zhang told the newspaper that he did not attend the funeral because he wanted to avoid the 20-yuan "fenzi" money which has to be given to the deceased's family according to local custom. Zhang was in financial difficulties at the time.

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