China is stepping up efforts to ease broad public anger over a mother of eight children who was found chained by the neck in a shack after local authorities were accused of downplaying the matter.
The government of the eastern province of Jiangsu is forming a team to “find the truth, punish those who violated laws, hold those involved accountable and release the results to the public in a timely manner,” state broadcaster China Central Television said Thursday in a brief statement on one of its social media accounts.
One social media account run by the People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, offered assurances that the inquiry would be effective, saying: “The truth will eventually surface!” A newspaper published by All-China Women’s Federation said in a social media post that the decision by Jiangsu authorities would “respond to public concerns.”
