Boy with cut-off hands recovering

An 8-year-old boy from Henan province whose hands were cut off by his adoptive mother will undergo surgery to restore his hand function and agility.

In the wake of this case and another child abuse case in Zhejiang province, children's advocates are calling for a revision of China's laws to help protect defenseless children against abusing parents.

"I begged my mother to stop after she cut off one of my hands. I was crying and telling her that I need the other hand. But she didn't listen to me and even used scissors to cut the other hand," Chu Chu (a pseudonym given to the boy by his father) was quoted by the Beijing News as saying.