A car leaves Lianxi Foster Center Source: Beijing News Photo
The Party chief of Xinfeng county, South China's Guangdong Province, as well as several senior county government officials, were fired for dereliction of duty after 20 people died at a local welfare home within 49 days this year. Records of a local funeral home show that, from January 1 to February 18, the Lianxi Foster Center of Xinfeng delivered 20 corpses.Investigators sent by Guangdong's provincial government the following day concluded on Monday that Party and government officials of Xinfeng and Shaoguan, which administers Xinfeng, had neglected their duties and failed to properly supervise the foster center. Chan Siu-kam has more.
The Party chief of Xinfeng county, South China's Guangdong Province, as well as several senior county government officials, were fired for dereliction of duty after 20 people died at a local welfare home within 49 days this year. Records of a local funeral home show that, from January 1 to February 18, the Lianxi Foster Center of Xinfeng delivered 20 corpses.Investigators sent by Guangdong's provincial government the following day concluded on Monday that Party and government officials of Xinfeng and Shaoguan, which administers Xinfeng, had neglected their duties and failed to properly supervise the foster center. Chan Siu-kam has more.
