Preschool abuse alleged

Beijing: Police in China are investigating claims of sexual molestation and needlemarks on children at a Beijing kindergarten run by preschool operator RYB Education Inc.

Xinhua news agency yesterday said police were checking allegations staff had abused children, who were ‘‘reportedly sexually molested, pierced by needles and given unidentified pills’’.

Parents said their children, some as young as 3, relayed accounts of a naked adult male conducting purported ‘‘medical checkups’’ on pupils stripped naked. — Reuters