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on september 12, ms. lu posted a video online saying that her 13-year-old son was studying at the zhoukou sports school in henan province. the school was a closed boarding school and opened on september 2. but on september 8, she received a notice from the school teacher that her son had drowned. after her son's body was salvaged from the shore, the family once asked to take the body back but was rejected.

on the afternoon of the 16th, red star news called the relevant person in charge of the zhoukou municipal public security bureau, who said that the family and the school were negotiating the follow-up compensation. regarding the family's claim that they were refused to collect the body, the person in charge said that he had not heard of the family making such a request. on the same day, the reporter called the vice principal of the school involved, xu, several times, but the call was unanswered. on the morning of the 19th, the reporter learned from the zhoukou municipal education bureau that the local authorities had launched an investigation into the matter.

▲photo of ms. lu’s son before his death

ms. lu recalled that she received a call from the school at 5:30 p.m. on september 8. "the teacher called me and said that the child was in trouble and asked me to go quickly. i asked what happened, and the teacher said that he fell into the water." ms. lu said that she was out of town at the time and then rushed to the school. the child's body was salvaged ashore at around 8 p.m. the next day. the school is a closed boarding school, but the place where the child drowned is about two kilometers away from the school. afterwards, with the cooperation of the school and the public security department, she checked the school's surveillance video on the day of the incident and found that the child left the school normally through the main gate.

ms. lu said that on the third day after the incident, when the family members asked to see the child's body, the local public security department agreed to arrange a meeting, but rejected the family members' request to take the child's body away.

ms. lu provided a recording of her child's body before she went to the funeral home. in the recording, ms. lu questioned why the body was kept in the funeral home, "wasn't it an accidental drowning? why did they bring it here? what do they want to examine?" ms. lu said that she wanted to take the body away, but a person in police uniform at the scene clearly said "no", saying that the body should be temporarily stored in the funeral home before examination.

currently, ms. lu is negotiating with the school about compensation. she told red star news that the school asked the family to file a claim for compensation, but after they proposed more than 900,000 yuan in compensation, the two sides failed to negotiate successfully because of the amount. "my child bought insurance at the school. i asked for the insurance policy, but they refused to give it to me. the school wants to use the insurance compensation plus tens of thousands of yuan to give me, but how can the two be mixed up?" ms. lu said that the compensation from the school and the insurance should be paid separately.

on the afternoon of the 16th, red star news called the relevant person in charge of the zhoukou municipal public security bureau, who said that ms. lu is currently communicating with the school about compensation, but there is a big gap in the understanding of the compensation standards between the two sides. regarding the family's claim that their request to take back the body was rejected, the other party said: "i don't know that she has this idea. i have never heard of this issue of taking back the body." subsequently, the person in charge declined the interview and said that the interview needs to be filed with the bureau and can only be accepted according to relevant procedures.

on the morning of the 19th, red star news learned from the zhoukou municipal education bureau that the local authorities have launched an investigation into the matter. a staff member of the bureau said, "the family members complained through the petition channel. we have received it this week and reported it to the leadership. we are processing it and will give the family members a reply within two months according to the petition procedure."