A Taiwan couple has been handed down a seven-and-a-half year prison sentence after their baby starved to death while the duo were preoccupied with playing online games.<\/p>\n
The couple, Wang Hui-huang (23) and Chu Miao-hsu (22), who were sentenced by the Taiwan High Court, and are convicted of negligence that lead to the death of their 1-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n
The event took place in February last year, when local investigators found that the couple were playing 5 to 6 hours of subscription-based online games while their child was found dead.<\/p>\n
The baby weighed 3.25 kilograms – only half of that of the average child.<\/p>\n
The couple claimed that they did not know how to take care of the baby and were purely feeding their child rice, as they could not afford baby formula.<\/p>\n
Due to the young age and financial situation, as Wang worked as a Janitor for around 10,000 Taiwan dollars (~R2,800) a month, the court then gave a lighter sentence of just over five years and four months in jail.<\/p>\n
This is almost an identical story to reports of Korean couple who also left their baby to starve to death<\/a> in March 2010 while they were preoccupied with gaming.<\/p>\n Couple obsessed with online gaming starves baby<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Man dies while playing Diablo III<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Taiwan man dies after 23 hours of gaming<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Mom beats kid to death for breaking TV while playing a Wii game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n South Korean computer game addict accused of killing son<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nSource: Sapa-AP<\/h5>\n
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