3 teachers suspected of child abuse arrested in Hohhot

Three teachers suspected of child abuse at a kindergarten in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, were approved for arrest on Wednesday, Hohhot Daily reported.

Local police received an emergency call reporting several children's injuries on their bodies consistent with needle pricks on Sept 28, a local public security bureau said in a notice published on Sept 29.

A total of eight children from the same kindergarten were found to have similar marks on their bodies.

A man surnamed Liu was the first to notice the needle holes on the hips of his daughter on Sept 26, according to Xinhua News.

He said his daughter told him that she had been pricked by a teacher.

Liu took her to a hospital the next day and asked other parents in a WeChat group whether they had found similar marks.

After seeing the information, a woman surnamed Wang immediately checked her daughter and found marks on her daughter's legs, hips, waist and head.

Wang's daughter said she was punished with a red needle because she didn't behave well when going to the toilet.

Her teacher asked the little girl not to tell her parents about it, Wang told Xinhua.

After an investigation, police summoned the suspects - a woman surnamed Bai, 26, a woman surnamed Shi, 24 and a woman surnamed Fan, 48 - three teachers in the kindergarten, on Sept 29.

The case is under further processing.