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Chinese Teen Dies at Internet Addiction Camp


Society & Culture  (tags: BEIJING, China, Addiction Camps, Internet addictions, teens, abuse, death, sadness )

Dee
- 141 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
BEIJING - China is investigating the death of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death in a camp designed to treat Internet addiction, state media said.
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Dee C. (529)
Thursday August 6, 2009, 3:45 pm
"Deng Senshan, 15, died Sunday, less than a day after his parents sent him to the camp in southern Guangxi province, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The case has led medical experts to call for laws regulating centers that treat obsessive Web surfing. Concern over such behavior is so widespread in China, and demand for rehabilitation is so great, that some camps now advertise on television, the report said.
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Deng was found vomiting and was taken to a clinic where he died. Fellow students said a teacher beat him, Xinhua reported."

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Past Member (0)
Thursday August 6, 2009, 7:33 pm
I can hardly believe this. Electric shock for internet addicts, 40% have ADHD, child beaten to death by therapist...What kind of monsters are they? China will end up with some very disturbed children that grow up to be disturbed adults. The death of this boy is unforgivable.
 

Michelle M. (83)
Friday August 7, 2009, 2:47 am
:( :( :(! Thanks Dee!
 
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