New Delhi, July 1 -- In China, a 15-year-old boy was forced to do 1,000 deep squats as punishment, which caused serious health problems and left him needing a kidney transplant. This happened in August 2023 after the boy named Ajun was caught stealing money from a parked car.

Since he was under 16, police sent him to a corrective school instead of jail. His father, Jiang Peifeng, his father, thought this would help improve his behaviour.

"He was a bit mischievous but had never broken the law before. They did not tell me what he had done; they just said they would tell me once things became clear," Jiang told Guangxi Daily News.

The father got a call saying Ajun was in critical condition. At the hospital, the father saw his son's body s...