Dad leaves 10-year-old Chinese boy to beg at railway station as punishment for not finishing his homework

Police who found a boy begging at Shanghai railway station early on Thursday discovered he was left there by his father as punishment for not finishing his homework, Kankannews.com reported.

Officers responded to a 4.45am call that a boy with a schoolbag was on his knees, begging for food, the website said on Tuesday. The child, who had only a jacket for warmth, told them he was left there 45 minutes earlier when his father went to work. “I was reported by the teacher. I didn’t finish my homework,” the boy said.