Teacher probed after girl's suicide

A district government in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, is looking into possible misconduct of a primary school teacher that allegedly led to the suicide of one of her students.

Miao Kexin, 10, a fifth-grader at Hebin Elementary School in Jintan district of Changzhou, jumped to her death shortly after a writing class taught by the teacher, surnamed Yuan, on June 4.

In a statement released on Friday, the district government said Miao jumped to her death at 3:15 pm, and the school authorities rushed her to a hospital, where attempts to resuscitate her failed.