Jail for Chinese man who woefully neglected sick dad until he died and left body to decompose


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A 46-year-old man, surnamed Wang, from Shanghai was sentenced to 15 months in prison for abandonment after he severely neglected his sick father, who eventually died. Furthermore, Wang did not organise a funeral after his father's death and allowed the body to decay, only to be discovered when his neighbours called the police because of the smell. Wang's father, who was 74 when he died on September 23, 2021, suffered from hypertension, diabetes, and other chronic diseases . In his last six days, the older man could not get out of bed, could not speak and finally stopped responding before...