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Chinese Couple Sells Their Kids to Fund Gaming Habit

July 25, 2011 by Ian Miles Cheong

A Chinese couple has been discovered to have sold three of their children to pay for their gaming habit.

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The strangest news comes out of China. According to ABC News, a Chinese couple sold their three children to use the money they made from the sale in video games.

Sanxiang City News reported that the parents, both under the age of 21, sold their kids to fund their gaming habit at internet cafes, where they played games. In 2009, Li Lin and Li Juan sold their second child, a baby girl, for less than $500. Girls being worth less than boys in China, they decided to go all in and sold their first child, a boy, for $4600. Their third child, also a boy, was sold for the same amount.

The mother of the man discovered what they had done and reported them to police. They claimed ignorance of the law, but the police were unconvinced and arrested them.

When the police asked them why they did it, they answered, "We don't want to raise them, we just want to sell them for more money."

Source: VideoGamer

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