Working mother leaves boy tied to tree every day

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-06 09:32

Pedestrians in Quanzhou, Fujian province, were shocked to come across a 5-year-old boy tied to a tree last week.

On enquiring, they found out that the boy's mother, who was sweeping the streets nearby, tied her son to the tree so that he doesn't get lost.

Chen, a migrant worker from Hubei province, said she had no one else to take care of the boy during his summer vacations while she was at work.

"So I have to bring him with me to work, and tie him to a tree so that he doesn't walk away somewhere," she said.

(www.fjsen.com)