Child abuse: 5-year-old girl in serious condition after father and girlfriend beat and burnt her with hot liquid
- The girl is in a serious condition but she is improving after two operations, her family said
- In China, 171,000 people were charged with violence against minors between 2018 and 2020
A five-year-old girl in southwest China is in hospital in a serious condition after she was beaten and attacked with hot liquid by her father and his new girlfriend, Chinese media has reported.
The girl, surnamed Qin and nicknamed Yanyan, has been in hospital with a serious infection caused by scalds and multiple injuries to her body since earlier this month when her grandfather discovered she had been abused, the Jimu News reported.
Her injuries were so severe she narrowly avoided having both her legs amputated, doctors said.
Yanyan is normally looked after by her grandfather in a village in Longli county, Guizhou province, southern China. The girl was staying with her father and his girlfriend when she was attacked, her uncle told the paper.
01:49
Commuters stop man accused of sexual assault from escaping bus in China
The father and his girlfriend, surnamed Zhang, were detained after Yanyan’s grandfather called the police, said local authorities.
“Yanyan lived with them for just two months. When Grandpa visited her the other day, he found there were large scald marks on her body. The child told him her father’s girlfriend attacked her with hot water,” the uncle said.
