Dad, when I die, you’ll be happy: Chinese ‘left-behind’ boy, 15, writes in suicide note

There are about 61 million

BEIJING: The suicide of one of China’s 61 million so-called “left-behind” rural children on Lunar New Year’s eve has sparked heated social media debate and calls that they be given more support from the authorities, mainland media reported.

The unnamed 15-year-old boy from a village in Yunnan province, who died after drinking pesticide, left a heartfelt suicide note last Friday saying he had killed himself after years of misery inflicted by his abusive migrant worker father during annual holidays, Chuncheng Evening Post reported.