Boy tied to utility pole, whipped with electrical cables for suspected theft in China

Two people have been arrested in China after a 10-year-old boy, who is suspected of theft, was tied to a telephone pole and flogged by fellow villagers. - PHOTOS: SCREENGRAB FROM BTIMES/DOUYIN, JIE MIAN CHENG SHI HE BEI/DOUYIN via The Straits Times/ANN

BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): A woman and her father-in-law have been arrested in China after a 10-year-old boy suspected of theft was tied to a utility pole and flogged by fellow villagers.

In a video on Chinese social networking website Weibo, which has attracted more than 1.89 million views, the child’s back is shown to be covered in many long red marks.