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BEIJING: Police in south-western China have ruled out allegations that a government official's son was involved in the rape-murder of a girl that sparked a riot by 30,000 people, state media reported on Wednesday.The denial by authorities in Guizhou province, reported by the province's Jinqian Online news service, appeared to contradict a state media report a day earlier that police would reopen an investigation into the highly sensitive case.The death of 17-year-old Li Shufen in Weng'an county triggered a violent outburst on Saturday by 30,000 residents who attacked and burned government and police targets.The anger was fuelled by local rumours that the son of a top county official was involved in raping and killing the girl and that police had exonerated him.Xinhua news agency on Tuesday cited officials saying the case would be reopened after they acknowledged public suspicions about the handling of the case.But Jinqian Online quoted local police official Wang Dai...

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