Teen girl in China steals RM78,896 meant for sick mother’s operation to splurge on paid gaming accounts, phones, and clothes


The girl took the money and spent it on online gaming purchases, mobile phones, clothing and food. Her distressed parents sought police assistance in recovering some of the money. — SCMP

Police in China helped to recover part of 120,000 yuan (US$18,000 or RM78,896) a teenager stole from her mother that was needed for an operation and went on a shopping spree.

The mother, surnamed Jia, and her husband, surnamed Li, called police in Baoding, Hebei province in northern China, to report that their 14-year-old daughter had spent the money on an online shopping spree on paid gaming accounts, mobile phones, clothes, and food.

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