Couple sells children to play online games.

[Altima]

I found this article on Ign.com.

Link - http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1184373p1.html

Couple Sells Children to Play Online Games
"We don't want to raise them, we just want to sell them for some money."
July 26, 2011 July 27, 2011 July 27, 2011

by IGN Staff

A couple in China were turned into authorities after it was discovered the pair began selling off their children to play online games at internet cafes.

The Sanxiang City News reports (via ABCNews), the parents, Li Lin and Li Juan, began selling off their three children in 2009. One child, a baby girl, netted about $500 U.S., while the two boys, both newborns, netted about $4600 U.S. each.

The couple was finally turned in by Li Lin's mother after she learned of their actions. The parents did not know they were breaking the law, and said, "We don't want to raise them, we just want to sell them for some money."

Does anyone think these people like to game a bit too much?

[Applejack]

They had three kids? Doesn't China still have that one child per household law?

[Irving1992]

They had three kids? Doesn't China still have that one child per household law?

Hence why they were selling them. The two boys were both "newborns" so they probably didn't have more than one, if any, at any specific time.

[Sassafrass Raistimass]

They had three kids? Doesn't China still have that one child per household law?It's a lot more complicated than that though, whether or not it even applies to a family is based on a host of factors like geographics and personal family history. But even if it does, you're still allowed to have more children (even the Chinese government isn't going to, like, murder your newborns), you just have to pay a hefty fine for it.

But there's a lot of reasons why I don't really believe the article to begin with.

[Zelphiel]

anyone that wants to sell their child... regardless of the circumstances doesn't deserve to be a parent. I'm happy they were caught. Although... if they didn't get caught and they ended up keeping them there's no telling what kind of neglect the kids would have had to suffer through.