Teen chops off father’s hands, cites abuse

**celeb_2006** · September 29th, 2009, 07:02 PM

Taiwan teen chops off fatherâ€™s hands - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A 17-year-old Taiwanese boy has been arrested for chopping off his father's hands, allegedly to avenge years of physical abuse, a police official said Tuesday.
The boy cut through his father's wrists with a knife while he was asleep at the family's home in central Miaoli on Monday, the official said. The official was speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.
The 37-year-old father, a divorced ironsmith, was in stable condition after doctors reattached his severed hands, the official said.
The father and son were identified only by their surname, Fan.
Reportedly confesses
The police official said the boy admitted to cutting his father's hands off and showed no remorse, complaining that he was beaten after refusing to get a job while attending school.
The Apple Daily newspaper quoted the boy as telling police that since his mother left home some 10 years before, his father had frequently beat him and even tossed a chair or other objects at him.
The boy said he bought a knife and planned to kill his father two days earlier after his father reprimanded him for refusing to work and denied him allowances, the report said.
The boy has been handed over to a juvenile court that will decide whether to file charges.

**msdeb** · September 29th, 2009, 07:22 PM

i bet he's REALLY not going to get allowance now.

**lonestar** · September 29th, 2009, 07:35 PM

how do you sleep through having BOTH your hands cut off?

**PoisonGirl** · September 29th, 2009, 07:35 PM

Omg! Wake up with no hands!

**Air Quotes** · September 29th, 2009, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by msdeb

i bet he's REALLY not going to get allowance now.

**kingcap72** · September 29th, 2009, 08:09 PM

The boy said he bought a knife and planned to kill his father two days earlier after his father reprimanded him for refusing to work and denied him allowances, the report said.

Basically, he was pissed because daddy wanted him to get off his lazy ass and make his own money.

**Honey** · September 29th, 2009, 09:44 PM

How gross! No words

**MohandasKGanja** · September 29th, 2009, 10:00 PM

I think the only way you could sleep through that is if you are drunk to the point of unconsciousness or on some kind of strange drug combo.

**MoodyJenny86** · September 30th, 2009, 12:52 AM

Okay...I know I'll get flamed for this but I'm used to it. All of these kids who are abused...I feel bad for them but to snap to the point of killing/severely harming the abuser? It's not necessary...and I personally believe it should be punishable...UNLESS it is in absolute self-defense, i.e. your drunk step-dad is strangling/beating you into near unconsciousness or to death and you grab whatever the fuck you can and just start beating him with it, that's different than just striking when you are not in any immediate danger. JUST my opinion.

*quickly runs away- unsubscribes to thread*

**Ennazus** · October 1st, 2009, 02:20 AM

LOL. I just don't feel any remorse for the #$%#$er with the chopped hands. Maybe next time he'll learn to keep those fkrs to himself. Can't beat anyone with no hands, maybe the kid was just being practical. I think maybe that's overboard, but systematic long-term abuse wtf do you expect, a well-adjusted child?

**Chilly Willy** · October 1st, 2009, 06:14 AM

Team kid.

**crumpet** · October 1st, 2009, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by kingcap72

Basically, he was pissed because daddy wanted him to get off his lazy ass and make his own money.

That was my take,too. Anyone can 'claim' abuse .

**Lenny** · October 3rd, 2009, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by Chilly Willy

Team kid.

Me, too.

**Lalique** · October 3rd, 2009, 07:00 AM

Team Stumpy here. Kid went waaay overboard. Why didn't he just kick dad in the nads?

**holly** · October 3rd, 2009, 06:21 PM

Look ma! No hands!

Sorry,that was bad.

Seriously though, do we know for a fact that dad was abusive, or is all we have to go on is this kid's story? Even if he was abusive, chopping of his hands is quite an extreme reaction. That's just psycho.

I too, was wondering how someone sleeps through that!