‘Children are not accessories’: mother in China steals daughter’s drama school offer letter to force her to work in hometown, sparking online anger
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The story of a mother in China who stole her daughter’s admission documents for a prestigious drama university to prevent her from enrolling has trended on mainland social media.
The Southern Weekly reported that on August 21 the unidentified mother from the Chongqing municipality of Sichuan province in southwestern China stole the offer of admission and supporting documents 11 days before her daughter, nicknamed Jiajia, enrolled at The Central Academy of Drama in Beijing.
The mother, who is nearly 50 years old and has not worked since Jiajia was in secondary school, had expected her 17-year-old daughter to become a teacher in their hometown and continue living there for the rest of her life.
After coming home from a swimming class on August 14 Jiajia noticed her mother was not at home and felt something was wrong.
She went to her bedroom to check her school bag where her identification papers and other important documents she needed for her university application were kept.
Jiajia was shocked to discover that the documents and other items, including her admission letter, ID card, bank card for the tuition fee, MacBook computer, iPad and spare mobile phone, were all gone.
Then she noticed a pen and a note on the living room table.
“I’m sorry!” the note read.
