China Tries to Quell ‘Chained Mom’ Scandal Marring Olympics
- Government vows thorough probe into woman tied up in shack
- Public anger simmering for weeks over video of woman on leash
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China is stepping up efforts to ease broad public anger over a mother of eight children who was found chained by the neck in a rural shack after local authorities were accused of downplaying the matter.
The government of the eastern province of Jiangsu is forming a team to “find the truth, punish those who violated laws, hold those involved accountable and release the results to the public in a timely manner,” state broadcaster China Central Television said Thursday in a brief statement on one of its social media accounts.