Father gets refund after son's unwitting donation

A charity has refunded 17,000 yuan ($2,500) to a man in Jiangsu province whose 8-year-old son "donated" to the organization while playing with his father's cellphone.

The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation released a statement on WeChat on Sunday saying it acknowledged the transaction was a mistake and had credited the bank account from which the payment was made.

On May 3, the boy in Suqian unwittingly opened the "charity" tab in WeChat and made a payment to a project helping veteran soldiers of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).