Chinese Couple Abused, Forced their Child to Live with Pigs for Years

07/14/2015 | 9:17 0 Posted in The World

A picture of a Chinese boy who was maltreated and abused by his parents is causing a ruckus online, especially on Chinese social media last week.

According to Chinese website Qq.com, neighbors of the couple in Northern China reported maltreatment to social service authorities.

The boy, who was later identified as Hongbo, was living with pigs for years in the couple’s pig house at the back of their house. The boy has been feed and treated like pig according to the report.

The boy and the pig at the back of his father’s tricycle

The boy was unable to talk and have some scars of lacerations on his head. It was believed that the boy was living with pigs the whole year round including winter. Marks of frostbites were also seen on his toes.

He often suffered from frostbite. His legs would get infected so that, in the spring, his winter clothes had to be cut away from his body as they were glued to his legs by the pus.

Neighbors said the boy was always beaten by his mother who was believed to be suffering from mental illness.

The boy’s father, Liu Zhenxue, 46, raised pigs and drove a rickshaw for a living but does not earn much money. He works long hours and is out most days, leaving the boy alone with his mother.

Scars are seen on the boy’s head

The couple reportedly had five children, but only two survived (including Hongbo)

The boy’s aunt, who already had two children, cared for his brother soon after he was born. She also cared for Hongbo briefly, before he was returned to his parents when he turned three years old.

The boy has received so much attention after Puyang Loving Society visited the boy.