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Boy sent naked into street for bad marks
Created: 2008-12-17
Author:Chen Qian
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy in Hubei Province was forced to parade naked through the streets by his father after he failed to meet his father's expectations at school.
A sign was hung around the boy's neck reading: "I promise to be No. 1 in the next exam."
His father was not satisfied with his son's latest exam marks, which were the fifth-highest in the school. He marched the naked boy from their residential complex in Wuchang City to the school on Monday afternoon, Hubei-based Chutian Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.
On the way, the father frequently beat the boy. The boy's legs and buttocks were badly bruised, the report said.
The father told the newspaper his son had said he finished first in a school exam but that teachers said he was lying. The father thought scoring top marks on every test was a reasonable expectation, according to the report.
"My father asked me to be the top in every exam," the boy was quoted as saying when asked why he lied to his father.
His mother said the boy is told to do a lot of homework every day.
"His father hopes he will get a doctoral degree," she told the newspaper. The parents are both street vendors with little education, the report said.
A lawyer told the newspaper the father's actions infringed the boy's personal dignity and could leave him with emotional scars.
The father promised not to treat his son like this any more after police and neighborhood committee officials visited the family's home.
A sign was hung around the boy's neck reading: "I promise to be No. 1 in the next exam."
His father was not satisfied with his son's latest exam marks, which were the fifth-highest in the school. He marched the naked boy from their residential complex in Wuchang City to the school on Monday afternoon, Hubei-based Chutian Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.
On the way, the father frequently beat the boy. The boy's legs and buttocks were badly bruised, the report said.
The father told the newspaper his son had said he finished first in a school exam but that teachers said he was lying. The father thought scoring top marks on every test was a reasonable expectation, according to the report.
"My father asked me to be the top in every exam," the boy was quoted as saying when asked why he lied to his father.
His mother said the boy is told to do a lot of homework every day.
"His father hopes he will get a doctoral degree," she told the newspaper. The parents are both street vendors with little education, the report said.
A lawyer told the newspaper the father's actions infringed the boy's personal dignity and could leave him with emotional scars.
The father promised not to treat his son like this any more after police and neighborhood committee officials visited the family's home.
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