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Chinese police block parents at quake protest
Summary from Canada, from articles in English
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Dozens of parents who lost children to the May 12 earthquake kneel outside the courthouse in Dujiangyan, in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday. (article 1)
(Ng Han Guan/Associated Press) Chinese police dragged away more than 100 parents Tuesday while they were protesting the deaths of their children in poorly constructed schools that collapsed in last month's earthquake. (article 1)
Police dragged a reporter and photographers who were covering the protest up the steps into the courthouse, trying to prevent them from seeing the demonstration. (article 1)
" The parents were here to give their report to the court said one police officer who refused to give his name. (article 1)
Chinese police officers take away parents who were demanding the government investigate allegations that some schools, such as the one in which their children died, were poorly constructed. (article 1)
Many parents have accused contractors of cutting corners when building the classrooms, resulting in schools that could not withstand the 7.9-magnitude quake. (article 1)
The confirmed death toll for China's worst disaster in three decades was raised Tuesday to 69,107, an increase of about 90 people from a day earlier, and 18,230 people are still missing, the State Council said. (article 1)
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Story keywords
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Parents, quake, collapsed, earthquake, Sichuan |
Source articles
- Chinese police confront parents of children killed in earthquake (cbc.ca, 06/03/2008, 593 words)
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