An Abusive Father Sewed His 11-Year-Old Daughter’s Mouth Shut With Fishing Wire

Xiao Li was tortured for five years, during which time she was scalded with boiling water, her mouth was sewn shut with fishing line, she was made to kneel on shattered glass, and she had needles stuck in her fingers.

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As part of a disgusting abuse campaign, a little girl had her mouth sewn up with fishing line. For the past five years, Xiao Li of Jingsha county, Shichang town, Goupi village, has been subjected to this type of maltreatment at the hands of her own father, Yang Shihai.

Xiao Li is the family’s eldest child, with one younger sister and three younger brothers. At the age of 5, Xiao Li, like many children in rural areas, started helping with housework. He got up at dawn to cut hogweed before going to school, and when he got home from school in the evening, he did more work around the house.

According to the girl’s grandmother, Xiao Li’s parents left home soon after she was born in search of employment. For five years, her…