Chinese father ‘kills jobless and heavily indebted son, 44’
Neighbours said father had helped clear son’s 2 million yuan debt, only to get himself another million yuan in the red
An old man in eastern China was arrested for allegedly killing his only son, aged 44, whom he had supported for many years and helped repay a debt of nearly 2 million yuan (HK$2.24 million), mainland media reported.
Zhu Shuigen, 67, is accused of killing his son in bed in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, before calling police, the Changshu Daily reported.
The report did not say how the son was killed, but police and medical staff who arrived the scene said the son had suffered severe head injuries.
Neighbours told the newspaper that the son was not highly educated, lived off his parents and had not worked for years except for a brief stint as a security guard.
The son had been married and divorced twice. He had two sons, who were both raised by his parents until they were teenagers.