Parents Of Children Killed In China's Earthquake Arrested For Protesting

Dujiangyan, China (AHN) -- Three weeks after massive earthquakes caused multiple schools to collapse in China, killing thousands of students, the Chinese government has begun arresting parents who are protesting and displaying their grief publicly.

According to reports, parents gathered outside a courthouse Tuesday, demanding answers as to why so many schools crumbled when the buildings around them stayed intact. The Associated Press said that mourning parents were shunned, however, and some were arrested.

Reports claim that the Chinese Government is conducting its own investigation into the questionable construction of the schools, and that a class-action lawsuit that parents have tried to put into action has been largely ignored by the authorities.

It has also been suggested that authorities wish to prevent the foreign media from seeing the outcries of the grieving parents. One man told the Associated Press that someone working for the government whispered into parents' ears that they should be mindful of what they say around the foreign media.

The death toll from May's quake is nearly 70,000.