An 18-year-old man died two days after he was brought up by parents in one of China's special camps for Internet addicts and computer games. The tragedy has brought public attention to disputes over the existence of controversial institutions.
The case was recently reported in eastern Anhui province, the BBC reported.
The boy's mother explained that her son had developed a serious addiction to the Internet, which she and her husband could not handle, so they decided to enter the boy in the center of Fuyang, believing that psychological therapies and various techniques Physical training. It's happening on August 3rd. Two days later, parents were informed that their son was hospitalized at the hospital, where he later died.
The cause of death is not yet known, but parents say their son has over 20 internal and external injuries. The director and other members of the detoxification center management were detained by the police.
The domestic and international press has repeatedly reported controversial military disciplinary methods used in these detox centers in China. Moreover, some of them were captured images of EEG-type tests on the brains of hospitalized patients.
Some of these detox centers are state-owned, but others are private. But experts say the main guilty for their children is their parents.