‘Mentally ill’ Chinese girl, 8, roped to tree outside by grandparents for nearly six years
Zhao Ziyi, from village in Henan province, was first tied up in 2010 when she reportedly became ‘dangerous’ and hit people after suffering a series of fevers
An eight-year-old Chinese girl has been tied to a tree by her grandparents for nearly six years because she reportedly suffers from mental illness, mainland media reports.
Zhao Ziyi’s grandparents said they first tied her to the tree outside their home some time in 2010 after she became mentally ill and started to hit people, Henan Television reported.
The footage showed that sometimes she was freed by her grandparents so she could walk around, before being tied up again.
The grandparents told a television reporter that Zhao had started to act strangely after she suffered a series of high fevers in 2010.
The family had not been able to afford to send her to hospital for treatment.