11-year-old girl suffers physical punishment at school

An 11-year-old girl was forced to lie topless on her stomach for 4 hours by her teacher, in Guannan, Yunnan province, chinanews.com reported Tuesday.

The injured girl, whose first name is Hong, is a Grade-5 student from Moxiang Central Primary School. She suffered physical punishment because she had not finished her homework on time. Hong has been forced to lie topless on her stomach in 2 to 3 class sessions, with the whole class watching. Her teacher also stepped on her back on June 10. Hong was made to lay on the floor in another 4 class sessions the following day for no reason, the website reported.

After the punishment was reported to school officials, the girl was sent to the hospital and the teacher apologized.