A former Chinese soldier was arrested and jailed for beating, starving and renting out his six children to shoplifting gangs in Henan province, China. Their neighbors added that Liu’s children only eat instant noodles since Liu never cooked for his children. During his detention, he confessed that he had been renting his children to shoplifting gangs in exchange for 400 yuan (around P3,100) to 5,000 yuan (about P39,100) a year. Criminal gangs take the children while they are still infants, teaching them how to shoplift. The gangs then keep the children, using them for criminal activities, until they are ages five and six.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 14, 2018 06:56 UTC