Chinese Teen Beaten to Death by Internet Addiction Camp Counselors

[vijayninel]

Chinese Teen Beaten to Death by Internet Addiction Camp Counselors

And they said internet addiction is bad for you

Just a couple weeks ago the suicide of a young employee at iPhone-manufacturer Foxconn, reportedly after being beaten and interrogated by his employer, shocked the tech community. Now another incident of alarming brutality in China has reached the public eye.

The life of 16-year-old Deng Senshan was cut tragically short when several counselors at a camp for internet addiction gave him a beating which proved fatal. The boy had been sent by his parents to the camp -- the Guangxi Qihang Survival Training Camp, a branch set up by Guangzhou Self-help Teenager Development Training Center -- in hopes of ridding their son of his preoccupation with the internet.

Deng Fei, the boy's father, paid 7,000 yuan ($1,024) to send his son to the camp for one month after he graduated from Ziyuan No. 2 High School in Guilin in July. The camp sounded promising, assuring "close management with training teachers." The camp's mission statement also solemnly promised, "Our methods are tough but do not include torture or other methods that might damage a child’s health."

That statement turned out to be the stark opposite of reality. The camp quickly put Deng Senshan in solitary confinement. A few days later the deadly beating occurred when camp counselors felt the boy was running to slow during a workout.

Realizing how severely they injured the boy, they took him to a local hospital, where he died after only 10 minutes. According to the medical records, "The boy showed no response to emergency treatment. He arrived with a very weak heartbeat and could not breathe. He was exhausted after being beaten. We were unable to save him."

A man surnamed Xia, who serves as the camp's principal, steadfastly claims the boy was not beaten and was taken to the hospital for a fever. However, the boy's father says that he had blood on his face and that his wrists featured bruises and other signs of being handcuffed.

Mr. Deng Fei is furious at his son's apparent murder and is seeking justice. He states, "My son was very healthy and was not a criminal. He just had an Internet addiction when I left him at the camp. The police informed us that our child had died on Monday morning. We can’t believe our only son was beaten to death. The teachers promised me that they would not use any physical punishment on my son when I dropped him off. We’re planning to sit before the local government for a protest tomorrow. If they don’t give us justice, we will go to the camp to confront them."

The three camp counselors responsible for the beating have been taken into custody. In a land where public executions are considered acceptable, still, it seems like he has a good shot at getting his justice. However, one must wonder whether the corporal punishments inflicted by Chinese law enforcement are just an example of violence and brutality begetting more of the same.

Source: DailyTech - Chinese Teen Beaten to Death by Internet Addiction Camp Counselors

[iwanowsky]

very bad behaviour by those training buys....

[blufox]

Gande log.
[ bad people ]

[ViKiD™]

one word RETARDS!

[dexterboygenius]

Wikid people indeed ..

[Scorpion]

lol chinese people are such retards .... china ****ing noob shit country noob shit people .... old generations over there are just bloody lame

[Aumkar™]

Thats beastly. not cool at all.

[Cyn1c]

Where does the idea of 'curing' internet addiction pop up from? Chinese people are just plain retards for doing this. Savages..bloody savages.

[Aragorn]

China .. .the losers paradise ... ..

[ronnie_gogs]

They would probably be made to sit and executed with a bullet to the head.... Chinese justice is cruel and to the point...

[sohail99]

Yea! send your children to disguised jails and torture centres!!

what else can happen!

[SignOps]

Monkee - you must be gulping !!!

Originally Posted by monkee

Thats beastly. not cool at all.

[ManISinJpr]

This is common practice in china, it is only recently that these news have started coming out.
there is an investigative news report which shows the chinese police or the army guys kicking women in their stomach if they became pregnant TWICE!!!
that is how cruel they are.

[SignOps]

Jeeez - too many people in that country, but no humanity.

Originally Posted by ManISinJpr

This is common practice in china, it is only recently that these news have started coming out.
there is an investigative news report which shows the chinese police or the army guys kicking women in their stomach if they became pregnant TWICE!!!
that is how cruel they are.

[ManISinJpr]

^^ Can you believe that the communist party killed more people after the revolution than the combined death toll in World War 2. it is a fact.
and how can anyone forget the Tienanmen square. killing more than 4K students by guns and cannons ! in front of the world media.