Lonely Chinese teen fakes kidnapping to force parents to return home
- Boy found tied up in an abandoned van but police discover no clue to an abductor
A lonely Chinese teen admitted faking his own kidnapping because he wanted to see his parents who were working in another part of the country, according to Chinese media.
The 13-year-old unnamed boy from Luzhou, Sichuan province, was found bound and gagged in an abandoned truck in a residential community on May 8, the Chengdu Business News reported on Friday.
He said he woke up in the van after someone had sprayed something on him at a crossroad and he passed out. He was unharmed and nothing had been stolen, and police could find no clue to the kidnapper, the report said.
After a long talk with police officers about his family, the boy admitted he staged the abduction to make his parents come home.
“I missed dad and mum,” he was quoted as telling a police officer.
The teen said he lived with his grandparents and had not seen his migrant worker mother and father since the Lunar New Year.