The discovery of a faculty member’s body under a school playground in China 16 years after he went missing has thrown into the spotlight claims of a potential cover-up by local authorities.
Police in the city of Huaihua in south-central China’s Hunan Province confirmed on June 23 that the body found buried under the playground at Xinhuang No. 1 Middle School on June 19 was that of Deng Shiping, a school faculty member who went missing in January 2003, according to local media.
