School violence reflects weak penalties for lawbreaking minors

A video showing several middle school students in Qingyuan, East China's Zhejiang province, torturing a first-grade pupil with cigarettes has been widely spread online. The local police saw the video and have spoken to the perpetrators. But since they were minors, they have only been warned about their actions and asked to apologize. Comments:

On their path toward maturity, youths may ignore education that helps shape a healthy personality. Sometimes they receive no education about obeying the law. That's essentially why our youths are so accustomed to using violence to solve problems. It is urgent that we strengthen moral education to curb rampant campus violence.

Tang Yinghong, a faculty member at Leshan Normal University, June 23