Family Pays For Their Online Gaming

I noticed an article this morning about a couple from China who have been taking some rather extreme measures to pay for their online gaming habits.

The couple in question have been passed over to the authorities after it was discovered the pair had begun selling off their children to play online games at their local Internet cafe.

The Sanxiang City News reports (via ABCNews in America), said that the parents, Li Lin and Li Juan, began selling off their three children in 2009. One child, a baby girl, netted about $500 U.S dollars, while the two boys, both newborns, netted about $4600 U.S dollars each.

The couple have now been turned in by Li Lin's mother after she learned of their actions. The parents did not know they were breaking the law, and said, "We don't want to raise them, we just want to sell them for some money."

And there I was thinking we should have some faith in humanity!