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| Ye Qing, a police officer from Wanning Public Security Bureau, who confirmed the arrests of the two men. (Photo by Hai Nan/China Daily) |
"More than 90 percent of Wanning city residents don't believe the results of the investigation. On the Wanning Online website, thousands of locals said they opposed the way the incident has been dealt with," said Li Min who runs the portal.
What happened?
The six girls are all students at Wanning Houlang Primary School. The first inkling that something was wrong came when their parents were called by a teacher who informed them that their daughters had not shown up for school on May 8.
In response, the school and parents launched a search of the city. When they failed to find the girls they turned to police for help.
Two of girls were found at a hotel in Haikou, more than 160 kilometers from Wanning, at about 5 pm the next day. The other four were discovered at the Wanning Luchunyuan Hotel on the morning of May 10, two days after being reported missing. When found, some of the girls had bruising on their wrists and all six appeared groggy, according to a report in The Legal Daily.
The father of one of the girls said the hotel security footage showed his daughter in an apparently groggy state as she went upstairs. He and other parents suspect that the girls had been drugged.
"My daughter said the principal wanted to sleep with her and offered her 2,000 yuan ($325), but she refused. He persisted in his attempts and offered her the money on two further occasions. My daughter said she continued to resist and protested with all her might, but she gradually lost consciousness," the Beijing Times quoted him as saying.
"My daughter said that when she awoke in the morning, she was partially dressed, and she discovered a sticky substance on her crotch. She claims that when Chen came out of the bathroom, he was only wearing his underpants," the father said.
Wanning's police, housing and education authorities would not comment when reached on Wednesday.
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