Many sympathized with Lu, demanding that school and local authorities release the security footage. On social media, some comments lamented that even the country's most respected investigative outlets had shunned away from looking deeper into Lin's death. The statement -- which failed to address crucial questions such as the missing security footage -- was met with a firestorm of criticism. The mysterious death of a Chengdu student has been dominating Chinese social media for days, with many theories emerging on what happened to him. Many Chinese social media users appeared to accept the answers from state media, while others remained unconvinced, asking why it took the school so long to notify Lin's mother.

Source: CNN May 14, 2021 06:56 UTC