Ten-year-old Chinese pupil jumps to his death from 30th floor window ‘on teacher’s orders’

A Chinese Fifth-grade student was reported dead after he was been told to write a 1,000-character apology.

From:  Dailymail

A ten-year-old boy has died after a teacher reportedly told him to jump from a building. 

The Chinese youngster, named as Jun Jun, leapt 30 floors to his death after failing to write a self-criticism letter demanded by his teacher, it has been claimed. 

The fifth-grade primary school student had been told to write a 1,000-character apology by his teacher, Miss Chen, for talking in class, the Hindustan Times reported. 

His devastated parents have now launched a campaign against the extreme pressure put on Chinese students.

 Neighbours say the 30-year-old teacher told him to jump out of a building after he didn't do the task.
'Teacher, I can't do it,' was found written in one of his textbooks, 'I flinched several times when I tried to jump from the building.'
The child smashed into a parked car beneath the flat where his family live in Jinjiang district.
Due to China's strict one-child policy, Jun Jun was probably the couple's only child.
His family have posted a banner outside the school in the southwestern city of Chengdu saying 'The teacher forced our kid to jump off the building'.
'The police investigation is still under way,' an official in Jinjiang district said and they refused to comment further.
The boy's school said today on its verified account on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter, that the child and some of his classmates had been ordered to write reviews of their behaviour after they disturbed a speaking competition.
He died 'by accident', it said.
Strict discipline is an essential part of China's education system and culture, and tradition demands deference to authority, putting children under pressure to obey instructions.