Sunday, May 08, 2011

Father drags son naked through streets for breaking computer ban

A furious father pulled his son out of a cyber cafe by his hair, stripped him naked and dragged him home by his feet after the game-addicted teenager disobeyed a computer ban. Lu Tan, 39, said he had warned son Xiaomeng, 14, dozens of times not to play computer games, adding: 'I threw the computer in the bin because he spent all his time in his room doing no work - but then when I came home from work I found he had gone to the internet cafe.'



He stormed into the cafe at Hechi city, in Guagnxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in southern China and dragged his son out in front of his friends. One eyewitness said: 'He began to beat the boy, who was calling for mercy, but he said he wanted to show everyone how worthless the boy was and dragged him home after stripping him and tying up his hands.

'Someone called the police but they did not intervene - the man said the boy had stolen money to go net surfing.' Tan told police: 'Xiaomeng's mother passed away when he was only 9 months old. I have brought him up. I worked hard to support the family.



'My hope of my son is not great but I want him to live in the real world, to be a real person. I have told him surfing the web is a bad thing many times but he never listened. I beat him because I don't want him to be ruined by the web.'

10 comments:

Brixter said...

That Dad deserves a medal!! Nip them at the bud.

Bob The Mul said...

He'll regret that when his son is selling cheap knock-off blue rays on eBay and turning a six figure profit.

L said...

I wonder why Internet addiction is such a huge problem in China. I mean, the Internet is ubiquitous... but China seems to have worse problems than most.

Anonymous said...

Sad story and pics. The father must be an a-hole...and that goes for Brixter too.

Anonymous said...

Apparently the boy wasn't get'n the message. If the boy ain't just brain-dead, bet the father got the boy's attention that time...no?
Like Brixter said, that Dad deserves a medal!!

Flo said...

I like the comment... "I beat him so he won't be ruined by the web"... very logical, not!

Anonymous said...

Very sad story that father is a real A-hole no wonder we have so much repeated child abuse .

SteveC said...

Was the child on his own after school and before the father got home? Or in the care of relatives. Either way, there are better ways to discipline a child than beating them and dragging them bound and naked through the streets.

Child abuse should not be a form of punishment.

Insolitus said...

The father doesn't want his son to be ruined by the web, he wants to do it himself.

Unknown said...

go rot in hell