Police and education authoritiesin Beijing are probing a child abuse case at the Xintiandi branch of RYBEducation Kindergarten, a well-known chain of preschools.
北京警察和教育当局正在RYB幼儿园的新天地分院调查一起虐待儿童的案件。这是一个知名的幼儿园连锁机构。
This is the latest in a number of similar cases reported recently nationwide.
这是最近在全国报道的一些类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，几名家长向警方报案称，他们在公司的新天地分院注册入院的3岁左右的孩子，身上发现有针孔，并被反复喂食未经确认的白色药丸。
Police were investigating and collecting evidence.
警方正在调查和收集证据。
Doctors and forensic experts also are participating, but so far noconclusion could be made, according to the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.
据北京市公安局介绍，医生和法医专家也参与进来，但目前还不能得出任何结论。
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.
负责监督该幼儿园的北京市朝阳区教育委员会表示，教育部也在调查此事，三名教师已被停职。
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.
教育部周四晚间发布的一份公报显示，教育部已开始对全国幼儿园的管理工作进行专项检查，要求地方教育主管部门采取有效措施，提高教师道德素质，加强监督。
RYB Education Kindergarten was China's largest early years educationservice provider in annual revenue last year, according to the Frost &Sullivan Report.
根据《弗罗斯特与沙利文报告》，RYB教育幼儿园去年是中国最大的早期教育服务机构，每年的收入都在增长。
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，幼儿园母公司RYB Education Inc在纽约证券交易所（New York StockExchange）敲响了开盘钟，表明它是首个在幼儿教育领域上市的独立企业。前天首次公开募股。
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在纽约证交所的股价下跌至每股26.71美元，下跌1.02美元，跌幅3.68%。
The NYSE was closed on Thursday for a national holiday.
纽约证交所周四因国定假日休市。
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.
这是一个月以来报道的第三起虐待儿童案件。11月13日，上海警方拘留了一位姓郑的人，他负责一家日托中心的工作，在那里，工作人员被摄像机拍到虐待幼童。据上海警方透露，另有三名工作人员被拘留。
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.
几乎在同一时间，在全国拥有700多所幼儿园和学校的黄金摇篮教育科技集团也卷入了类似的指控，因为家长们说，北京一家幼儿园的老师虐待儿童。警方正在进行调查，但目前还没有公布任何细节。
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