A mother in southern China has been handed a legal punishment after she accidentally killed her daughter while performing an “exorcism” ritual on her.
According to a recent report by Shenzhen Municipal People’s Procuratorate, a court in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, gave the mother, surnamed Li, a three-year jail term suspended for four years in July.
Li and her two daughters had been obsessed with superstitious practices that involved telepathy and medication.
They had been constantly having...
China mum jailed for accidentally killing daughter during ‘exorcism’ by pressing on chest
Published 4 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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