China's 'Ice Boy' forced out of private school.

sayedhaq (29)in #news • 7 years ago

Wang Fuman, eight, was pictured in January with frozen hair, prompting an outpouring of concern over his long walk to school.

A Chinese boy whose frozen hair photo went viral has been thrown out of his new private school due to media attention.

"Ice boy" Wang Fuman attracted international attention in January after he was pictured with icicles on his eyebrows, hair, eyelashes and his thin jacket after walking 4.5km to class in temperatures of -9C (15F).

After the eight-year-old's photo went viral, the headmaster of a private boarding school in the Yunnan town of Zhaotong, about an hour away from his home, offered to pay for him to have a place.

But, on Tuesday, after just over a week at Xinhua School, his father was asked to pick him up and take him back to his state school.

The father, Wang Gangkui, and son say they are both upset and do not understand.

Headmaster Yang said he offered the boy a free school place because he wanted to "do some good".

However, he claimed he could not cope with the media attention and said the authorities identified Fuman as a pupil they wanted to help, so they were planning to continually inspect the school.

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