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Father who beat baby daughter and sent pictures of her injuries to ex-wife arrested in China

Man assaulted child and threatened to kill her if mother asked for custody, according to news website report

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Police say the injured baby girl is in a stable condition in hospital. Photo: 163.com

A father who beat his baby daughter, threatened to kill her and sent photographs of her injuries to his ex-wife has been arrested in eastern China.

The 2½-year-old girl has been sent to hospital by the authorities in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province and is in a stable condition, a police statement said.

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The 30-year-old father, whose full name was not given, was given custody of the child in October after the couple divorced, the news website Thecover.cn reported.

His ex-wife was quoted as saying that her former husband had abused the child from March this year

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She last visited her daughter early last month, the report said.

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