Murder is a Great Cure for Internet Addiction

I have written in the past about how the Chinese think that kids who like to spend time on the Internet instead of interacting with communist society are internet addicts that must be cured. They even use electric shock to treat this made-up addiction.

From the BBC here with thanks to Tuffer:

A Chinese teenager sent to an internet addiction rehabilitation camp has been beaten to death by its counsellors. A number of employees of the Qihang Salvation Training Camp in Nanning have been arrested over the death.

The camp had promised to put Deng Senshan, 15, under 24-hour supervision. Camp staff put the teenager in solitary confinement on Saturday and then beaten him that evening.

China is increasingly taking action against what it sees as a pandemic of web addiction. Some estimates suggest up to 10% of the country’s 100 million teenage web users could be addicted, and a growing number of rehabilitation services exist.

However, there is little consensus on how to treat the addiction. In July, China’s Ministry of Health formally banned the use of electroshock therapy as a treatment option.

Hey, maybe these lucky parents of the dead boy will be cleared by the Central Government to have another baby.