Shanghai: China's leading online travel agency said Wednesday it had suspended two top officials after disturbing video footage of workers abusing toddlers at a company daycare went viral, sparking nationwide outrage.
Clips began to surface last week showing young children of Ctrip employees being roughly handled, and punished by being force-fed what parents claimed was spicy mustard at the company's Shanghai headquarters.
Shi Qi, a group vice president, and vice president Feng Weihua were suspended by Ctrip pending an internal investigation, according to a company letter circulated online.
Police last week said they had detained three daycare staff for suspected abuse.
Ctrip is China's biggest online booking site for air, rail and other travel. It bought British flight search app Skyscanner for $1.7 billion last year.
Another clip showed the same woman on her knees, bowing and apologising profusely for her "errors".
"It is hard to imagine that we are coding upstairs and you are abusing our babies downstairs," wrote one man on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, claiming to be the father of a child that attended the daycare.
About 100 children, all aged below three, attended the daycare centre in the past three months, Ctrip said.
Clips began to surface last week showing young children of Ctrip employees being roughly handled, and punished by being force-fed what parents claimed was spicy mustard at the company's Shanghai headquarters.
Shi Qi, a group vice president, and vice president Feng Weihua were suspended by Ctrip pending an internal investigation, according to a company letter circulated online.
Police last week said they had detained three daycare staff for suspected abuse.
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Ctrip is China's biggest online booking site for air, rail and other travel. It bought British flight search app Skyscanner for $1.7 billion last year.
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Another clip showed the same woman on her knees, bowing and apologising profusely for her "errors".
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"It is hard to imagine that we are coding upstairs and you are abusing our babies downstairs," wrote one man on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, claiming to be the father of a child that attended the daycare.
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About 100 children, all aged below three, attended the daycare centre in the past three months, Ctrip said.
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