Police and education authoritiesin Beijing are probing a child abuse case at the Xintiandi branch of RYBEducation Kindergarten, a well-known chain of preschools.

北京警察和教育當(dāng)局正在RYB幼兒園的新天地分院調(diào)查一起虐待兒童的案件。這是一個(gè)知名的幼兒園連鎖機(jī)構(gòu)。

This is the latest in a number of similar cases reported recently nationwide.

這是最近在全國(guó)報(bào)道的一些類似案件中的最新一起。

Several parents reported to police on Wednesday night that their children,all around 3 years old and enrolled at the company's Xintiandi branch, had needle marks on their bodies and were repeatedly fed unidentified white pills.

周三晚上，幾名家長(zhǎng)向警方報(bào)案稱，他們?cè)诠镜男绿斓胤衷鹤?cè)入院的3歲左右的孩子，身上發(fā)現(xiàn)有針孔，并被反復(fù)喂食未經(jīng)確認(rèn)的白色藥丸。

Police were investigating and collecting evidence.

警方正在調(diào)查和收集證據(jù)。

Doctors and forensic experts also are participating, but so far noconclusion could be made, according to the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.

據(jù)北京市公安局介紹，醫(yī)生和法醫(yī)專家也參與進(jìn)來(lái)，但目前還不能得出任何結(jié)論。

The education commission of Beijing's Chaoyang district, which overseesthe kindergarten, said that it also is looking into the case and that threeteachers have been suspended.

負(fù)責(zé)監(jiān)督該幼兒園的北京市朝陽(yáng)區(qū)教育委員會(huì)表示，教育部也在調(diào)查此事，三名教師已被停職。

The Ministry of Education has begun a special inspectionof the management of kindergartens nationwide and required local educationauthorities to take effective measures to improve teachers' morality and tighten supervision, according to a ministry release late Thursday.

教育部周四晚間發(fā)布的一份公報(bào)顯示，教育部已開始對(duì)全國(guó)幼兒園的管理工作進(jìn)行專項(xiàng)檢查，要求地方教育主管部門采取有效措施，提高教師道德素質(zhì)，加強(qiáng)監(jiān)督。

RYB Education Kindergarten was China's largest early years educationservice provider in annual revenue last year, according to the Frost &Sullivan Report.

根據(jù)《弗羅斯特與沙利文報(bào)告》，RYB教育幼兒園去年是中國(guó)最大的早期教育服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)，每年的收入都在增長(zhǎng)。

On Sept 27, RYB Education Inc, the kindergartens' parent company, rang theopening bell on the New York Stock Exchange, indicating it was the first independent enterprise to be listed in the early childhood education field.It's initial public offering was filed the day before.

9月27日，幼兒園母公司RYB Education Inc在紐約證券交易所（New York StockExchange）敲響了開盤鐘，表明它是首個(gè)在幼兒教育領(lǐng)域上市的獨(dú)立企業(yè)。前天首次公開募股。

RYB's stock price on the NYSE fell on Wednesday to $26.71 a share, down by$1.02, or 3.68 percent.

周三，RYB在紐約證交所的股價(jià)下跌至每股26.71美元，下跌1.02美元，跌幅3.68%。

The NYSE was closed on Thursday for a national holiday.

紐約證交所周四因國(guó)定假日休市。

This has been the third reported child abuse case in a month. On Nov 13,Shanghai police detained a person surnamed Zheng who was in charge of a daycare center where staff were caught on camera abusing toddlers. Three other staffers were detained, according to Shanghai police.

這是一個(gè)月以來(lái)報(bào)道的第三起虐待兒童案件。11月13日，上海警方拘留了一位姓鄭的人，他負(fù)責(zé)一家日托中心的工作，在那里，工作人員被攝像機(jī)拍到虐待幼童。據(jù)上海警方透露，另有三名工作人員被拘留。

Almost at the same time, Golden Cradle Education and Technology Group,which has more than 700 kindergartens and schools nationwide, also became involved in a similar accusation as parents said teachers at one of its kindergartens in Beijing abused children. Police are investigating, but so farno details have been released.

幾乎在同一時(shí)間，在全國(guó)擁有700多所幼兒園和學(xué)校的黃金搖籃教育科技集團(tuán)也卷入了類似的指控，因?yàn)榧议L(zhǎng)們說(shuō)，北京一家幼兒園的老師虐待兒童。警方正在進(jìn)行調(diào)查，但目前還沒(méi)有公布任何細(xì)節(jié)。