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Husband fettered wife for gambling

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Updated: 2006-07-25 17:17
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Husband fettered wife for gambling

The picture shows a woman is fettered by his husband in Xinyu city, east China's Jiangxi Province. The woman and his husband migrated from a village into Xinyu city in late 1990's, gradually making a fortune by doing works, such as shoeshing. However, the woman later became addicted to gambling and fell into debt. After failed persuasion, the husband had to fetter her wife. The fetters are 15 meters long and weigh 16 kilograms. Now the woman has been arrested in connection with stealing 28000 yuan from a 60-year-old man, who had an affair with the woman.[Jiangnan Metropolitan News]