Internet Addict Beaten to Death
A teenager was reportedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehabilitation camp in China where his parents had sent him to cure his internet addiction.The three supervisors who allegedly beat Deng Senshan, 16, were arrested after the boys death early on Sunday, his father Deng Fei told the Global Times.
“We are investigating a case where a high school student was beaten to death by his camp supervisors. The case is still under investigation,” a police officer in Nanning, Guangxi region, was quoted as saying.Deng Fei said he paid 7000 yuan $A1190 to give his son a months training at the Guangxi Qihuang Survival Training Camp to rid him of his addiction to the internet.But instead, he said, the boy was put in solitary confinement shortly after his arrival and then beaten to death by his trainers who scolded him for running too slowly.
“My son was very healthy and was not a criminal. He just had an internet addiction when I left him at the camp,” Deng Fei told the paper.”We cant believe our only son was beaten to death.”China has the worlds largest number of internet users with 338 million — more than the entire population of the United States.
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