Matthew
03-01-04, 02:01 PM
Worth a mention here :o
Chinese woman kills daughter to escape neighbour's scorn
A woman killed one of her daughters because her neighbours were making snide remarks about the fact that she had three children.
Wang Wenjun, 33, migrated to Shanghai's suburban Fengxian district in the early 1990s and married a local farmer. They had three children - two daughters and a son, the Shanghai Morning Post said Tuesday.
But the woman was constantly harassed by her neighbours in a country that abides by a one-child policy.
Although rural families are allowed two children if the first one is a daughter, a third child usually results in a heavy fine and social penalties for the child for much of his or her juvenile life.
Unable to stand the taunts any longer, Wang flung her youngest child, a seven-year-old, into a river in August, the paper said.
She has been detained and will face court soon, the Post said, without mentioning whether any charges were laid against the neighbours.
Source. (http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?ArticleId=129463&ChannelId=1)
Chinese woman kills daughter to escape neighbour's scorn
A woman killed one of her daughters because her neighbours were making snide remarks about the fact that she had three children.
Wang Wenjun, 33, migrated to Shanghai's suburban Fengxian district in the early 1990s and married a local farmer. They had three children - two daughters and a son, the Shanghai Morning Post said Tuesday.
But the woman was constantly harassed by her neighbours in a country that abides by a one-child policy.
Although rural families are allowed two children if the first one is a daughter, a third child usually results in a heavy fine and social penalties for the child for much of his or her juvenile life.
Unable to stand the taunts any longer, Wang flung her youngest child, a seven-year-old, into a river in August, the paper said.
She has been detained and will face court soon, the Post said, without mentioning whether any charges were laid against the neighbours.
Source. (http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?ArticleId=129463&ChannelId=1)