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Neighbors beg mercy for mother who killed retarded twins
By Zhang Xuanchen |
May 16, 2011, Monday
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A mother in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, has been accused of murder after she drowned her 13-year-old twins who suffered cerebral palsy to death, then attempted suicide.
The city's No. 1 People's Court said it would treat the case carefully, the local Nanfang Daily reported today.
Han Qunfeng, a 37-year-old bank clerk, allegedly made her sons drink water laced with sleeping pills before drowning them in the bathtub one night last November. She then dressed her sons in new pajamas and consumed a mixture of pesticide and rat poison to kill herself. But she threw up the lethal 'cocktail' in semi consciousness and was saved in time at hospital.
Han said she had lost all hope after looking after her disabled children for 13 years. The twins were born premature and suffered brain damage in childbirth.
Han's husband said the family was nearly bankrupt after spending all the money on the twins' treatment and they saw no sign of recovery. Their plight has drawn the sympathy of their neighbors who wrote a letter to the court pleading for mercy for the poor mother.
The city's No. 1 People's Court said it would treat the case carefully, the local Nanfang Daily reported today.
Han Qunfeng, a 37-year-old bank clerk, allegedly made her sons drink water laced with sleeping pills before drowning them in the bathtub one night last November. She then dressed her sons in new pajamas and consumed a mixture of pesticide and rat poison to kill herself. But she threw up the lethal 'cocktail' in semi consciousness and was saved in time at hospital.
Han said she had lost all hope after looking after her disabled children for 13 years. The twins were born premature and suffered brain damage in childbirth.
Han's husband said the family was nearly bankrupt after spending all the money on the twins' treatment and they saw no sign of recovery. Their plight has drawn the sympathy of their neighbors who wrote a letter to the court pleading for mercy for the poor mother.
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