Two government officials involved in forcibly aborting a seven-month-old foetus earlier this month have been fired, according to reports in the Chinese media.
Reports said Ms Feng had been forced into the abortion after not paying a 40,000 yuan “fine” which would have allowed her to have the second child
Ms Feng’s story surfaced after a photograph was widely circulated on social media showing her lying on a hospital bed next to the dead foetus.
Reports said Ms Feng had been forced into the abortion after not paying a 40,000 yuan “fine” which would have allowed her to have the second child.
But on Tuesday night, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported there had been “no legal basis for the township government's demand.”
"According to the investigation, while persuading Feng to receive the abortion, some staff of the township government used crude means to violate her intentions,” the report said.
Among those fired for their role in the abortion was Jiang Nenghai, the head of Zhenping County’s Family Planning Bureau.
Yu Yanmei, Zhenping’s deputy county magistrate in charging of family planning, was also removed from his post.
Other officials were also “punished”, the report said, without giving further details. Local authorities would now offer the family unspecified compensation.
Despite a nationwide outcry, Ms Feng and her family appear to have come under heavy pressure to remain silent.
On Monday it emerged that Ms Feng’s husband, Deng Jiyuan, had gone into hiding after he and his relatives were harassed and labeled “national traitors” for giving an interview to a German journalist last Friday.
Deng Jiyuan’s sister, Deng Jicai, said: “I think further revenge by officials and suppression is very likely.
"According to the investigation, while persuading Feng to receive the abortion, some staff of the township government used crude means to violate her intentions,” the report said.
Among those fired for their role in the abortion was Jiang Nenghai, the head of Zhenping County’s Family Planning Bureau.
Yu Yanmei, Zhenping’s deputy county magistrate in charging of family planning, was also removed from his post.
Other officials were also “punished”, the report said, without giving further details. Local authorities would now offer the family unspecified compensation.
Despite a nationwide outcry, Ms Feng and her family appear to have come under heavy pressure to remain silent.
On Monday it emerged that Ms Feng’s husband, Deng Jiyuan, had gone into hiding after he and his relatives were harassed and labeled “national traitors” for giving an interview to a German journalist last Friday.
Deng Jiyuan’s sister, Deng Jicai, said: “I think further revenge by officials and suppression is very likely.
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