Beijing: A major sex scandal has rocked schools in China as a number of teachers have been held for molesting girl students in recent days, prompting the apex court to strengthen crackdown on crimes against juveniles. Yang Shifu, a 55-year-old teacher from Tongbo County in Henan province, was arrested on Wednesday for molesting several of his students since last spring, local officials said.
Yang was detained on May 23 after police received tips and conducted inquiries among the victims and their family members. The students also received medical check ups, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Internet reports had previously claimed that the parents had collectively taken their children to a local hospital for medical examination, which revealed that the hymens of nine girls had been broken.