On September 2, 2002, the city's department of education suspended Li Feng from teaching, but added the stipulation that he would be put on "observation" for another year.
[3] The case garnered significant notoriety and earned the attention of top Jilin provincial government officials, including Party Secretary Wang Yunkun and Deputy Party Secretary Quan Zezhu, and highlighted the failure of the city's education bureaucrats and the school board itself in addressing the case appropriately.
The case was also notable for the silence of the victims and the failure of parents to detect the abuse of their children despite protestations by the pupils themselves.
[4] On March 14, 2003, Li was sentenced to death by the Higher People's Court of Jilin province and executed in July of the same year.
[5] Li's father, who tried to help his son avoid arrest, was convicted of aiding and abetting in a crime and hiding a criminal, and sentenced to two years in prison.