Teen girl in China splurges RM290k on mobile games, depletes family’s savings

The girl's mother discovered that there was only 0.5 yuan left in her bank account after her daughter's spending spree.- SCREENGRAB FROM ELEPHANT MEDIA/ WEIBO

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A 13-year-old girl in China who is addicted to mobile games stole her mother’s debit card and spent 449,500 yuan (RM290,000) on app games in four months.

The mother, who wanted to be known only as Wang, discovered the theft when she got a call from her daughter’s secondary school teacher who noticed that the girl was spending a lot of time on her cellphone.