For three consecutive days, since May 21, nearly one hundred individuals (12th-grade students and their parents from Medical English Division, Ningbo No. 9 High School—Ningbo Economy and Trade Professional School) have been protesting outside the city’s Municipal Education Bureau and city hall. The ongoing demonstration started when the school failed to keep their promise on students’ graduation certificates and pre-determined career direction. On May 24, the city government dispatched dozens of armed police to suppress the protest.
Two students and one parent passed out due to anger and anxiety, and were later sent to a nearby hospital. Later, one student threatened to commit suicide by jumping off the city hall building, but fellow students stopped the incident. Protestors are demanding that the Municipal Education Bureau and school officials provide a satisfactory response to students, who currently feel as if their three-year of hard work has been wasted. Unless a compromise can be reached, students say they will continue to protest.
Students notified the local media, hoping to draw attention to their cause but their request was rejected.
Police Beat Students And Pedestrians
Miss Wang, the head of her class, was interviewed by The Epoch Times on the night of May 23. She said, “My sister, myself, and all the other students passed out because of anger and became hospitalized.”
“Forty-nine students joined with 30-40 parents to protest together,” said Wang. “My classmate took pictures [of the demonstration] but police confiscated the camera. I asked the officer to return the camera, and he forcefully pushed me away. And then they beat me very badly. Several pedestrians who spoke up for us were also beaten.”
