Mother suspected of torturing two children over lost 7,000 VND

Investigators suspect that Ms. Lan beat her two sons, forced them to jump into a pond and drink weed killer.

On the afternoon of September 21, Bao Thang District Police (Lao Cai) said that Nguyen Thi Lan (34 years old, residing in Gia Phu commune) is being investigated for allegedly murdering her son.

The tool Lan confessed to using to torture her child. Photo: Contributor.

According to authorities, on the afternoon of September 18, Lan lost 7,000 VND, so she questioned her two children, aged 13 and 16. The mother confessed to having tortured her children, forcing them to get into a sack and jump into a pond.

When the children crawled ashore, Lan was suspected of forcing them to drink weed killer. The eldest son, 16, drank the entire bottle. The mother then took the child to the emergency room, but the boy’s health condition was so critical that he had to be transferred to Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi for treatment.

On September 19, Lan surrendered to the police and is currently on bail because she has a child under 36 months old.

On the afternoon of September 21, the Chairman of Gia Phu Commune People's Committee said that the 16-year-old victim was being treated in the hospital, and the second son, 13, had returned to school. Lan and her husband were divorced but still lived together. When the incident occurred, the husband was working in Lao Cai city.

According to VNE