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Boy lies to late friend's parents about death
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-11-21 09:26

The parents of a dead teenager were awarded 20,000 yuan ($2,900) after their late son's friend confessed he'd concealed the real cause of his death for the past three years.

Zhang, 16, from Qufu, Shandong province, went swimming with Sun one day in July, 2005 and was distraught when his friend drowned.

Frightened of telling the truth, he told Sun's parents their son had been kidnapped by two strangers.

Then, under the false hope of finding the boy, the devastated parents searched in vain for three years until Zhang finally confessed the truth to police in July.

The local court granted Sun's parents' the compensation for their distress and lost time.

Zhang's parents will have to help him pay it.