A primary-school headmaster in Yunnan Province has been arraigned on charges of endangering his students after a teacher set a fire in which eight pupils died, reports Shenghuo News.

The 25-year-old teacher, Yang Wenfu, was unsatisfied with his treatment at the school and did not get on with his colleagues. On June 6, after Yang was criticized by school leaders, he decided to set the school on fire in retaliation.

Yang has been imprisoned for his crime, but the headmaster, Yu Suochang, is now being prosecuted for knowingly failing to safeguard students' security while they were studying at the school at night and in their dormitories. The headmaster's trial is still going on.

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