Chinese Man Jailed For Refusing To Care For His Newlywed Wife After Her Cancer Diagnosis
A man in China was sentenced to one year in prison after he refused to take care of his newlywed wife and severed all contact with her following her diagnosis of late-stage cancer.
According to a report by South Morning China Post (SCMP), the man was handed down his sentence by a court in eastern China’s Anhui province on a charge of abandonment. The man identified as Feng, was married to Wang in 2022. Two months later, Wang was diagnosed with intestinal cancer, which had progressed to its terminal stage.
At first, Feng cared for his wife, but after a few months, Feng began to use work as an excuse and travelled to a different city to evade responsibilities. Wang and her family made desperate attempts to get in contact with him but remained elusive, as per the report. Feng had proposed di...