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Kaikai, 1 yo

Taiwan

"September last year, the Liu sisters took the toddler Kaikai under their care, as assigned by non-governmental organisation Taiwan Child Welfare League Foundation (TCWLF).

Kaikai had been sent to the organisation by his grandmother after his mother was jailed and his father disappeared."

"Instead of caring for him, however, the sisters, who are in their 50s, allegedly fed him burnt food, beat him and tied him up at night when he slept.

When Kaikai was eventually sent to the hospital due to breathing difficulties on Dec 24, 2023, he died.

Although the nannies reportedly claimed he had choked on milk, the doctors suspected something more sinister because of the injuries they found on the boy.

Kaikai's skull was sunken in, his hips and legs had broken bones, and he had no fingernails and only eight teeth."

"Kaikai was also reportedly treated like a plaything. The elder Liu purportedly tried to fold him in half — tying his feet to his head, stuffing him inside a bucket, and taking and sending pictures of this to her sister.

According to Taiwan media publication Tai Sounds, the elder Liu told the police that she abused Kaikai because she found him an eyesore and didn't enjoy taking care of him."

"Unlike the other children in her care, Kaikai did not have parents who would "flatter" her.

"If it wasn't for [the money], I wouldn't want to take care of him at all," she reportedly said."


They are in custody.
And unrepentant.
Nò reason why they won't get the death penalty.
Here's how Taiwan handles things:

"Executions are carried out by shooting using a handgun aimed at the heart from the back, or aimed at the brain stem under the ear if the prisoner had consented to organ donation prior to the withdrawal of legal death row organ donation.

Executions are performed in secret: nobody is informed beforehand, including the condemned.

Last meal includes a small bottle of wine.

The executioner then burns a "Hell Money" bank note for the deceased before carrying away the corpse."


And this:

"It is tradition for the condemned to place a NT$500 or 1000 banknote in his leg irons as a tip for the executioners.:




More at the link on gov't and organizational oversight:

 
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Kaikai, 1 yo

Taiwan

"September last year, the Liu sisters took the toddler Kaikai under their care, as assigned by non-governmental organisation Taiwan Child Welfare League Foundation (TCWLF).

Kaikai had been sent to the organisation by his grandmother after his mother was jailed and his father disappeared."

"Instead of caring for him, however, the sisters, who are in their 50s, allegedly fed him burnt food, beat him and tied him up at night when he slept.

When Kaikai was eventually sent to the hospital due to breathing difficulties on Dec 24, 2023, he died.

Although the nannies reportedly claimed he had choked on milk, the doctors suspected something more sinister because of the injuries they found on the boy.

Kaikai's skull was sunken in, his hips and legs had broken bones, and he had no fingernails and only eight teeth."

"Kaikai was also reportedly treated like a plaything. The elder Liu purportedly tried to fold him in half — tying his feet to his head, stuffing him inside a bucket, and taking and sending pictures of this to her sister.

According to Taiwan media publication Tai Sounds, the elder Liu told the police that she abused Kaikai because she found him an eyesore and didn't enjoy taking care of him."

"Unlike the other children in her care, Kaikai did not have parents who would "flatter" her.

"If it wasn't for [the money], I wouldn't want to take care of him at all," she reportedly said."


They are in custody.
And unrepentant.
Nò reason why they won't get the death penalty.
Here's how Taiwan handles things:

"Executions are carried out by shooting using a handgun aimed at the heart from the back, or aimed at the brain stem under the ear if the prisoner had consented to organ donation prior to the withdrawal of legal death row organ donation.

Executions are performed in secret: nobody is informed beforehand, including the condemned.

Last meal includes a small bottle of wine.

The executioner then burns a "Hell Money" bank note for the deceased before carrying away the corpse."


And this:

"It is tradition for the condemned to place a NT$500 or 1000 banknote in his leg irons as a tip for the executioners.:




More at the link on gov't and organizational oversight:

Fascinating. I never knew Taiwan's justice system included a monetary offering for the executed.

I'd read about leaving money for the dead in the context of Ancient Greece & Ancient Egpyt - to pay for the crossing of the River Styx:


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_for_the_dead

It's probably more common an idea than you think... how many of us leave trinkets/plushies/bouquets on a gravestone or memorial, pour expensive alcohol over it ...etc.

Maybe there's something about sacrifice that feels cathartic.
 
Fascinating. I never knew Taiwan's justice system included a monetary offering for the executed.

I'd read about leaving money for the dead in the context of Ancient Greece & Ancient Egpyt - to pay for the crossing of the River Styx:


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_for_the_dead

It's probably more common an idea than you think... how many of us leave trinkets/plushies/bouquets on a gravestone or memorial, pour expensive alcohol over it ...etc.

Maybe there's something about sacrifice that feels cathartic.

I think the executioner is one of the Ferrymen?
He does take you from the land of the living to the world of the dead.
That info really helped. Thanks @notausername

So I guess the answer to @Crazy Cat Lady is that if you don't tip, the execution will go on, of course (that would be a big loophole, wouldn't it!)
But you haven't paid your passage so you're doomed to be part of the earthbound spirit world (or some limbo) rather than continue to the presumably idyllic reward of the afterlife?

It's an interesting Wiki article.
 
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