Netizen Voices: Demands For Investigation, Transparency Follow Student's Death
Posted by John Chan | May 11, 2021 A Chinese student’s fatal fall from a building on Sunday has triggered a public uproar in China, as thousands took to social media to demand a transparent investigation into the boy’s death. Chengdu police had earlier ruled the 17-year-old high school student’s death a suicide, but their refusal to show his mother surveillance footage and allow her to see his body triggered public suspicion and anger, as comments translated by CDT below illustrate. Sixth Tone’s Du Xinyu and Liu Mengqiu But Weiqi’s mother, surnamed Lu, doesn’t buy this, saying th...