Chinese internet addict 'beaten to death'

[AsahinaKimi]

Source: Huffington Post

A 16-year-old Chinese boy has allegedly been beaten to death by managers at a rehabilitation centre for internet addiction.
By Malcolm Moore in Beijing
Published: 6:55PM BST 04 Aug 2009

Three supervisors who were trying to cure Deng Senshan of his compulsive computer use have been arrested after he died on Sunday.

"We are investigating a case where a high school student was beaten to death by his camp supervisors. The case is still under investigation," a police officer in Nanning, Guangxi province, told the Chinese state media.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5973301/Chinese-internet-addict-beaten-to-death.html

[ZombieHorde]

1. Not to change the subject,

but shouldn't it be, "Nihon no bunka ga daisuki"?

[AsahinaKimi]

3. either..

way works.

[aquart]

2. So glad I'm not in China.

[1monster]

9. It has happened in this country too...

http://johnnycivil.gnn.tv/headlines/7511/Teen_beaten_to_death_at_Florida_juvenile_boot_camp

Teen beaten to death at Florida juvenile 'boot camp'
Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:34:56 -0600

[MrSlayer]

4. Well that is one way to cure it.

Crazy is worldwide.

[medeak]

5. I thought they were all addicted to internet?

met chinese couple on their honeymoon in Italy and they haven't stopped emailing constantly....

[rollingrock]

6. It's the Telegraph

I'd take this story with a grain of salt.
they're known for their sensationalism.

[JonQ]

7. Well, he is cured

I'd say he's not longer an internet addict.

[Sultana]

8. ....

:spank:

[Zavulon]

12. I shouldn't be laughing at that, and

it isn't stopping me anyway.

[BOG PERSON]

14. I shouldn't be laughing at that, and

I'm not, because it's just not very funny.

[whoneedstickets]

10. No worries, he'll just respawn in a few minutes ...

after he walks back to his corpse.

[Vidar]

11. Didn't we have some fundie boot camp where something like this happened?

[damntexdem]

13. Well, they cured his addiction. And there'll be no recidivism.

I'm only surprised that the perpetrators are actually being investigated.