Sister held over 'mercy killing' of her brother
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A woman has been detained for allegedly assisting her paralyzed brother to commit suicide in a village in central China's Hubei Province.
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Liu Deshan was confined to this bed for four years. [File photo] |
Liu Defang is said to have persuaded the family maid to feed her brother, Liu Deshan, milk laced with pesticide at their house in Yutang Village on July 8, yesterday's Changjiang Times reported.
Liu Deshan was paralyzed four years ago in a coal mining accident.
His family used the 410,000 yuan (US$64,329) compensation they received from the coal mine to hire a maid to take care of him.
He had been confined to bed after the accident and had lost the will to live, his brother told the newspaper.
He said his brother had attempted suicide on many occasions and finally persuaded his sister to feed him pesticide. The sister allegedly asked the maid to mix pesticide into milk and feed it to her brother.
The sister was full of remorse after her brother died, he said.
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