A Vietnamese woman has been seriously reprimanded by
Police in the northern city of Hai Phong for forcing her 12-year-old
son to walk naked on a street as
punishment for stealing VND500,000 (US$22) from his grandmother to play
online games.
The boy was seen walking in tears without clothes on Tran Nguyen
Han Street around noon on Monday, April 11 while his mother repeatedly
insulted
and whipped him, Tuoi Tre newspaper reports. Some neighbors reportedly
asked her to stop, but she refused to. They then called the police.
"I don't want to treat him like
that. But this could be the only way to make him feel ashamed so that he
won't steal money anymore," she said.
