Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Couple sells child for afterworld marriage

A couple in China sold their foster daughter, who suffered from a serious illness, to a family who wanted to conduct an afterworld marriage for their dead son, China Press reported.

According to iqilu.com, there were rumours that the foster parents did not send the sick girl for medical treatment and planned to kill her if she did not die in the next three or four days.

A check conducted by the website's reporter revealed that the girl was staying with her uncle in a village.

The uncle denied the rumours and said the girl was currently receiving treatment in a hospital.

However, the reporter failed to locate the girl in the hospital. According to a worker at the hospital, the girl was discharged a few days ago.

The worker told the reporter that the girl had been "booked" by a family and once she died, the family would claim her body and conduct an afterworld marriage.

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