http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1120764.shtml
One parent who refused to be fully named told the Global Times that "the government said they had organized buses to send these children for checkups and then instead sent them back to school."
- Was "sent them back to school" also the goverment said?
It means,
the goverment said they would send these children for checkups, but they didn't?
or
the goverment sent these children for checkups, and then sent them back to school?