China parents kill toddler who "couldn't read"
Pastor Dale Morgan
*China parents kill toddler who "couldn't read"*
01 Jun 2007 09:22:13 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, June 1 (Reuters) - A Chinese couple beat their daughter to
death a few days before her third birthday because she could not
recognise one Chinese character, a newspaper said on Friday.
The father, identified only by the surname Zeng, and his wife, Zhang,
were arrested in the central province of Henan on Wednesday after the
attack on the girl who could not read the Chinese character "jiao",
meaning "banana", the Beijing News said.
The child "with bruises all around the body" died in the hospital after
being kicked and punched, the newspaper said.
Chinese parents traditionally have high expectations for their children
at school. Earlier this month, a woman from southern China was detained
on suspicion of killing her four-year-old daughter because she could not
count.