GUILT-STRICKEN DAD'S FINAL WISH: I DON'T WANT MY GIRL TO GROW UP A FREAK
DAD'S RASH ACID ATTACK: He disfigures daughter & wife by splashing acid on them. Now, he faces death sentence SHE'S just 5, but she has been through hell.
Electric News (Singapore)
03 April 2006
SHE'S just 5, but she has been through hell.
Little Xiao Xia and her mother suffered horrendous burns when her raging father broke a bottle of acid over their heads.
He has been sentenced to death for the crime.
Xiao Xia's (right) left eye and lips were burnt by the acid. She has lost control of her neck and there are red scars all over her body. The acid also burned away both her nipples.
The girl, from the Chinese city of Chongqing, will need at least three operations. But she will remain scarred for life.
All because her father, Zhang Ze, a labourer, was enraged when her mother wanted to divorce him.
Zhang's last wish is for his daughter to undergo plastic surgery so that she won't grow up to be an 'ugly freak', Xinhuanet.com reported.
Xiao Xia's plight has moved many in Chongqing.
The judge who tried and sentenced Zhang asked the public to donate money to help Xiao Xia grow up and lead a normal life.
The judge even went to Xiao Xia's house and handed over donations to the family.
The ages of Xiao Xia's parents were not reported.
The incident happened when Xiao Xia was just 3 years old.
Zhang had received a notice to go to court as his wife, Madam Tan, had initiated divorce proceedings.
It was not stated why she wanted a divorce.
The couple had married in February 2000, and Zhang had moved in with Madam Tan and her family.
The couple did not earn much and often quarrelled over money.
When Madam Tan asked for a divorce, Zhang told her: 'You had a change of heart.
'I will make you suffer too.'
Zhang then bought some acid and went looking for his wife to seek 'revenge'.
With the acid in a glass bottle, Zhang marched into his father-in-law's house on 6 Aug 2004.
Madam Tan took refuge in a bedroom with Xiao Xia. Zhang broke down the door after she refused to come out.
Once inside, Zhang tried to pull Xiao Xia away from Madam Tan. But he failed as Madam Tan hugged her daughter close to her.
Zhang then smashed the glass bottle on Madam Tan's head.
The acid poured down Madam Tan's face. Her face, eyes and ears were burnt.
As Madam Tan was hugging Xiao Xia close to her, the acid splashed down on the girl's face and body too.
Madam Tan's mother rushed in and tried to stop Zhang from leaving. And she too was burnt by the acid.
BIRTHDAY GIFTS
Zhang escaped and fled to Guangdong province.
But he did not know of the injuries he had inflicted on his daughter.
On her fourth birthday, Zhang even mailed two sets of silk clothes to Xiao Xia.
He was finally arrested in May last year at a railway station in Guangzhou.
When he was taken to court, Zhang finally saw Xiao Xia. He cried out: 'I did you wrong!'
In September, Zhang was sentenced to death.
Xiao Xia is being given free plastic surgery and treatment at a Chongqing hospital. She will need to go for breast reconstruction surgery when she reaches puberty.
Madam Tan also has to go for surgery so that she will not become blind.
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ACID ATTACKS BURNING ACROSS ASIA
SIMPLE to use, and relatively easy to obtain, acid has become the weapon of choice for vicious revenge-seekers.
It has been widely used in South Asia and also in China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Cambodia. There have been cases in Singapore too.
Earlier last month, about 2,000 people marched in Dhaka to protest against acid attacks that permanently disfigure many women each year in Bangladesh, The Associated Press reported.
Dozens of female acid victims joined the marchers. Said Ms Shirin Akter, 18, who was attacked by her spurned lover two years ago: 'I urge all to stand by us so we can fight against such crimes.
'I am struggling hard to stand (up) from the ruins of my devastated life. I wish no other woman becomes a victim like me.'
The Acid Survivors' Foundation, which sponsored the march, said 268 people, mostly women, were attacked with acid last year in Bangladesh.
It is common in Pakistan too. According to a Pakistan Human Rights Commission report, nearly 400 women are victims of acid attacks each year.
Attacks are most common in rural areas, often sparked by infertility, rejected marriage proposals, suspicion of extra-marital affairs or problems with in-laws.
Dr Farhat Rehman, of Lahore's Legal Aid Centre, told The Age newspaper: 'The police discourage the victim's family from seeking justice by saying legal expenses are too high and they won't get justice anyway, so they should just let it be.'
And often, the suspect's families were influential and had police protection.
In Cambodia, the human rights group Licadho reported at least 44 acid attacks, injuring 60 people and killing three, between 2000 and 2002.
While official figures were not available, there have been many news reports of acid attacks in India.
Earlier last month, Ms Anita Singh, 28, a nurse in the city of Rourkela in Orissa state, suffered 50 per cent burns when a man hurled a bottle of acid at her at a bus stop, The Times of India reported.
The attacker, said to be a suitor whom she had rejected before marrying another, fled at once.
Women aren't always the target of acid attacks. In Taiwan, a 36-year-old man was arrested in September after he threw sulphuric acid on his lover, who was trying to break up with him after discovering that he was not a woman.
Mr Liang Shun-chih, 26, had acid poured on his face and body by his 'girlfriend' Yang Yao-jui after he discovered that Yao was actually a man, reported the Taipei Times.
Mr Lian suffered 20 per cent burns on his body and will likely lose sight in one eye.
Acid attackers have also reared their heads in Middle Eastern countries.
In Iraq, acid attacks are often directed at women who dress 'immodestly'.
Ms Hania Abdul-Jabbar, a 23-year-old university student, was abducted last year by three men and acid was poured on her face and legs because she went out without wearing a veil.
'Today, I cannot see out of one eye because the acid made me lose my vision,' she has been quoted as saying. 'I am afraid to leave my house. Now I am permanently disfigured with a monster face.'
S'PORE MAN ATTACKED EX-WIFE
In Singapore, a 41-year-old man was sentenced last October to two years in jail and six strokes of the cane after he was found guilty of splashing acid on his former wife, who suffered minor rashes from the attack.
He had attacked her because he suspected she was seeing another man.
In 1995, a 35-year-old newspaper vendor here was blinded in one eye and suffered critical burns after a man on a motorcycle splashed a bottle of acid on his face.
DAD'S RASH ACID ATTACK: He disfigures daughter & wife by splashing acid on them. Now, he faces death sentence SHE'S just 5, but she has been through hell.
Electric News (Singapore)
03 April 2006
SHE'S just 5, but she has been through hell.
Little Xiao Xia and her mother suffered horrendous burns when her raging father broke a bottle of acid over their heads.
He has been sentenced to death for the crime.
Xiao Xia's (right) left eye and lips were burnt by the acid. She has lost control of her neck and there are red scars all over her body. The acid also burned away both her nipples.
The girl, from the Chinese city of Chongqing, will need at least three operations. But she will remain scarred for life.
All because her father, Zhang Ze, a labourer, was enraged when her mother wanted to divorce him.
Zhang's last wish is for his daughter to undergo plastic surgery so that she won't grow up to be an 'ugly freak', Xinhuanet.com reported.
Xiao Xia's plight has moved many in Chongqing.
The judge who tried and sentenced Zhang asked the public to donate money to help Xiao Xia grow up and lead a normal life.
The judge even went to Xiao Xia's house and handed over donations to the family.
The ages of Xiao Xia's parents were not reported.
The incident happened when Xiao Xia was just 3 years old.
Zhang had received a notice to go to court as his wife, Madam Tan, had initiated divorce proceedings.
It was not stated why she wanted a divorce.
The couple had married in February 2000, and Zhang had moved in with Madam Tan and her family.
The couple did not earn much and often quarrelled over money.
When Madam Tan asked for a divorce, Zhang told her: 'You had a change of heart.
'I will make you suffer too.'
Zhang then bought some acid and went looking for his wife to seek 'revenge'.
With the acid in a glass bottle, Zhang marched into his father-in-law's house on 6 Aug 2004.
Madam Tan took refuge in a bedroom with Xiao Xia. Zhang broke down the door after she refused to come out.
Once inside, Zhang tried to pull Xiao Xia away from Madam Tan. But he failed as Madam Tan hugged her daughter close to her.
Zhang then smashed the glass bottle on Madam Tan's head.
The acid poured down Madam Tan's face. Her face, eyes and ears were burnt.
As Madam Tan was hugging Xiao Xia close to her, the acid splashed down on the girl's face and body too.
Madam Tan's mother rushed in and tried to stop Zhang from leaving. And she too was burnt by the acid.
BIRTHDAY GIFTS
Zhang escaped and fled to Guangdong province.
But he did not know of the injuries he had inflicted on his daughter.
On her fourth birthday, Zhang even mailed two sets of silk clothes to Xiao Xia.
He was finally arrested in May last year at a railway station in Guangzhou.
When he was taken to court, Zhang finally saw Xiao Xia. He cried out: 'I did you wrong!'
In September, Zhang was sentenced to death.
Xiao Xia is being given free plastic surgery and treatment at a Chongqing hospital. She will need to go for breast reconstruction surgery when she reaches puberty.
Madam Tan also has to go for surgery so that she will not become blind.
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ACID ATTACKS BURNING ACROSS ASIA
SIMPLE to use, and relatively easy to obtain, acid has become the weapon of choice for vicious revenge-seekers.
It has been widely used in South Asia and also in China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Cambodia. There have been cases in Singapore too.
Earlier last month, about 2,000 people marched in Dhaka to protest against acid attacks that permanently disfigure many women each year in Bangladesh, The Associated Press reported.
Dozens of female acid victims joined the marchers. Said Ms Shirin Akter, 18, who was attacked by her spurned lover two years ago: 'I urge all to stand by us so we can fight against such crimes.
'I am struggling hard to stand (up) from the ruins of my devastated life. I wish no other woman becomes a victim like me.'
The Acid Survivors' Foundation, which sponsored the march, said 268 people, mostly women, were attacked with acid last year in Bangladesh.
It is common in Pakistan too. According to a Pakistan Human Rights Commission report, nearly 400 women are victims of acid attacks each year.
Attacks are most common in rural areas, often sparked by infertility, rejected marriage proposals, suspicion of extra-marital affairs or problems with in-laws.
Dr Farhat Rehman, of Lahore's Legal Aid Centre, told The Age newspaper: 'The police discourage the victim's family from seeking justice by saying legal expenses are too high and they won't get justice anyway, so they should just let it be.'
And often, the suspect's families were influential and had police protection.
In Cambodia, the human rights group Licadho reported at least 44 acid attacks, injuring 60 people and killing three, between 2000 and 2002.
While official figures were not available, there have been many news reports of acid attacks in India.
Earlier last month, Ms Anita Singh, 28, a nurse in the city of Rourkela in Orissa state, suffered 50 per cent burns when a man hurled a bottle of acid at her at a bus stop, The Times of India reported.
The attacker, said to be a suitor whom she had rejected before marrying another, fled at once.
Women aren't always the target of acid attacks. In Taiwan, a 36-year-old man was arrested in September after he threw sulphuric acid on his lover, who was trying to break up with him after discovering that he was not a woman.
Mr Liang Shun-chih, 26, had acid poured on his face and body by his 'girlfriend' Yang Yao-jui after he discovered that Yao was actually a man, reported the Taipei Times.
Mr Lian suffered 20 per cent burns on his body and will likely lose sight in one eye.
Acid attackers have also reared their heads in Middle Eastern countries.
In Iraq, acid attacks are often directed at women who dress 'immodestly'.
Ms Hania Abdul-Jabbar, a 23-year-old university student, was abducted last year by three men and acid was poured on her face and legs because she went out without wearing a veil.
'Today, I cannot see out of one eye because the acid made me lose my vision,' she has been quoted as saying. 'I am afraid to leave my house. Now I am permanently disfigured with a monster face.'
S'PORE MAN ATTACKED EX-WIFE
In Singapore, a 41-year-old man was sentenced last October to two years in jail and six strokes of the cane after he was found guilty of splashing acid on his former wife, who suffered minor rashes from the attack.
He had attacked her because he suspected she was seeing another man.
In 1995, a 35-year-old newspaper vendor here was blinded in one eye and suffered critical burns after a man on a motorcycle splashed a bottle of acid on his face.
1 comment:
Those who inflicted such horrific revenge on people by throwing acid to dis-figured a person face, should be captured and punish by throwing Acid on them too, they they will feel what is like to be burned and torn apart like that.
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