Staff from controversial Internet addiction treatment centre in China jailed for detaining students illegally

Director general and principal among four staff sentenced over holding young people in guarded rooms for days at a time. — SCMP

A local court in southern China has sentenced four teachers and school administrators of a controversial detox centre to prison terms ranging from 11 months to more than two years for illegally detaining students who enrolled to kick the habit of Internet addiction, court documents said.

The Yuzhang Shuyuan Institute was founded in 2013 and advertised that it used Confucian philosophy, classic Chinese literature and calligraphy to “transform” students who were addicted to Internet and gaming.