China police acknowledge lapses in probe into missing teen’s death

Hu Xinyu was a 15-year-old who was reported missing on Oct 14, 2022, and found on Jan 28 in the woods near his school campus. - TONGBINGXUE/TWITTER

BEIJING (Bloomberg): Chinese police acknowledged lapses in their investigation into the death of a high school student that has captivated the Asian nation.

The four rounds of searches that police conducted for Hu Xinyu "were not thorough,” Hu Mansong, the top police official in the eastern province of Jiangxi, said at a news briefing in Shangrao city.