Boy transported in car boot sparks custody battle
A NINE-year-old boy was allegedly transported in the boot of a car by his father and stepmother during a 2023 summer trip from Foshan to Guilin, China – an act that alarmed his mother and led to a custody and health rights lawsuit, Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported.
The mother, known only as Wang, said the boy had to sit in the boot due to limited seating.
Upset over the incident, Wang secured custody in November 2024 and filed a lawsuit in April to protect her son's health rights.
The father, Liu, admitted the child was in the boot for one to two hours but claimed he otherwise sat in front.
He said his SUV had airflow in the rear and they made several stops.
Denying any mental abuse, Liu stressed he financially supported his son's education.
Though he acknowledged the risk, he refused to apologise, claiming his son agreed to it.
> A brown giant panda was caught on infrared cameras walking through snow at the Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve in Shaanxi, China, Oriental Daily reported.
The video, recorded on Jan 1 at 6.15pm, marked the 12th wild sighting of a brown panda in the province.
The last confirmed footage was on April 16, 2021.
Brown giant pandas are rare, with recorded sightings limited to locations within the Qinling Mountains, including Foping, Yang, Taibai and Zhouzhi counties in Shaanxi.
> A 16-year-old girl gave birth on board a Shandong Airlines flight from Haikou to Qingdao on July 12, the daily reported.
The girl, who was travelling alone, went into labour before take-off and gave birth to a baby weighing 1kg. Both were taken to hospital.
As the girl and the baby's father, also 16, were of consenting age, authorities ruled out criminal charges.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
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