The Xintiandi branch of RYB Education Kindergarten, a New York-listed education chain that is well-known in China, is being prosecuted for allegations of child abuse on Tuesday, according to the press briefing of the highest procuratorial organ.

The police in the Chaoyang District in Beijing detained at the end of last year the suspected teacher who, as Xinhua news agency reported, allegedly used sewing needles to "discipline" children who would not sleep.