November 25, 2012

Deaths in dumpster expose plight of China's street kids



http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/21/world/asia/china-boys-dead-dumpster/index.html?hpt=ias_c2

Eight Chinese officials have been fired or suspended after five boys died in a rubbish bin after suffocating on fumes from charcoal they burned to stay warm, according to state-run media.

The bodies of the boys, aged between 9 and 13, were found by a trash collector on Friday in Bijie in China's southwestern Guizhou province, Xinhua reported.

They are believed to have died the night before, as rain fell and temperatures plunged to as low as six degrees Celsius (43 degrees Fahrenheit).

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