A boy faced the wrath of his mother after he stole VND500,000 ($22) from his grandmother to buy toys and to play online games.
Mother forces son to walk naked as punishment for theft
The boy was seen walking in tears without clothes on Tran Nguyen Han Street around noon on Monday while his mother repeatedly insulted and whipped him, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday.
As punishment, the boy was beaten and forced to run naked in the street as deterrent for future acts.
“I forced him to take off his clothes to make him feel embarrassed, hoping that the humiliation would be enough to stop him from daring to steal again,” she said.
The boy was seen walking in tears without clothes on Tran Nguyen Han Street around noon on Monday while his mother repeatedly insulted and whipped him, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Some neighbors reportedly asked her to stop, but she refused to. They then called the police.
“I don’t want to treat him like that. But this could be the only way to make him feel ashamed so that he won’t steal money anymore,” she said, as cited by the newspaper.
Local police have reprimanded the mother.
A 2014 survey conducted by the General Statistics Office found nearly three of every four Vietnamese children between the ages of two and 14 have suffered violence from their relatives or caretakers.
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