BEIJING: A care center director in southern China, where 21 people including a 15-year-old autistic boy died over winter, is now in police custody, local media reported Thursday, amid public outrage.

An expose this week by the state-run Beijing News found a total of at least 21 people at the center for the homeless, elderly and mentally ill had recently died.

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