Mother who took the life of sons gets support

GUANGZHOU - More than 1,000 people have signed a letter and submitted it to a local court calling for a lenient sentence for a mother accused of murdering her twin sons.

Han Qunfeng, 37, a former bank clerk in Dongguan, Guangdong province, allegedly got her sons to drink water laced with sleeping pills before drowning them in the bathtub last November.

The 13-year-olds had been born prematurely and had cerebral palsy, Guangzhou Daily reported. Because their limbs were paralyzed, they had to rely entirely on the care of others.