10-yr-old jumps to death 'on teacher's order' from 30th floor window

He was ordered to write a 1,000-character apology by his teacher for talking in class

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. 

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

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

The parents of ten-year-old Jun Jun

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, it is likely Jun Jun was 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'.

A banner outside Jun Jun's school was put up by his heartbroken relatives.

Jun Jun jumped from the 30th floor of a building and landed on a parked car outside the family home 

 

'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. 

Jun Jun's parents are calling for the teacher that allegedly told him to jump from a building to be sacked.

Photographs of the boys study book pasted around the school by his parents showed that he had written several times that he had tried to jump from a building.

This is so disappointing. Disciplinary measures should be taken not just sacking him!