The Straits Times
written by AP staff
Tuesday January 8, 2013
BEIJING - A fire that killed six children and one young adult at an illegally run orphanage in central China has prompted the suspensions of six local officials, a county government official said on Tuesday.
The deaths on Friday in Henan province's Lankao county have spotlighted China's lack of government-run child services. They are often left to private citizens with few resources and no legal authority.
The Lankao government earlier acknowledged that it had turned a blind eye to the illegal orphanage, which cared for abandoned children and young adults.
A man from the Lankao government's main office, who would give only his surname Zhao, said on Tuesday that six officials were suspended, but gave no other details.
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