Netizens were outraged after photos surfaced of a 92-year-old Guangxi woman that had been living in a pig sty for years, imprisoned there by her son and daughter in law in probably the most egregious case of parental neglect we've seen in a while.
The old woman, surnamed Yang, was reportedly crammed in a 10-square meter cell and forced to sleep on a wooden bench. Luckily, she was stumbled upon by a local woman who posted a video of the nonagenarian in her cell on video sharing platform Miaopai, prompting her rescue. Chinese media have reported the woman is currently being treated at a local hospital.
Netizens have dubbed Yang's son and daughter in law beasts and scum, with many calling for the same form of punishment to be inflicted on them. Yang's son claims that was living there voluntarily because she had worried she was giving them a great burden and "making the house smell". In the unlikely event that that were true, he'd still be a major-league douche for allowing his own mother live in those conditions...
This not the first case of children seriously neglecting parents in China; back in 2014 a 90-year-old woman was found nearly starved to death after her children locked her away... Luckily she was rescued after neighbors spotted the poor granny through a window and alerted the police of her plight.
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