The children didn't tell alert the authorities because they were scared of being told off
Children were found living with their DEAD mum after being too afraid to tell the authorities.
The corpse was locked in a bedroom by the two boys and the grim discovery was only made when a mental health worker called in for a regular visit.
Hui Ying Chuang finally found the body of mentally ill Deng Caiying, 34, in southeast China’s Guangdong Province, after smelling the body.
The boys Mo Xiaoyong, 12, and Lok Pan, 13, were said to have been 'numb but calm'.
She said: "The boys were sitting on the floor and when I asked them where their mother was they pointed at the bedroom door.
"I went in and realised immediately that she was dead.
"The smell was suffocating and when I asked what had happened the younger boy said they had locked her in after she died and hadn’t told anyone because they were afraid of being scolded.
"The seemed quite numb but calm."
The boys’ father Yuan Su, 40, died three years ago and the family had been struggling to survive ever since.
Mum Deng’s health had deteriorated after relatives put them up in a ramshackle old house and she eventually died of malnutrition.
Neighbour Yul Tao, 33, said: "People did what they could for her but mental problems meant she couldn’t find work after the death of her husband and she was relying on handouts from relatives who are also poor."
A police spokesman said: "This was a tragic death in tragic circumstances and the children are receiving counselling."
Children were found living with their DEAD mum after being too afraid to tell the authorities.
The corpse was locked in a bedroom by the two boys and the grim discovery was only made when a mental health worker called in for a regular visit.
Hui Ying Chuang finally found the body of mentally ill Deng Caiying, 34, in southeast China’s Guangdong Province, after smelling the body.
The boys Mo Xiaoyong, 12, and Lok Pan, 13, were said to have been 'numb but calm'.
She said: "The boys were sitting on the floor and when I asked them where their mother was they pointed at the bedroom door.
"I went in and realised immediately that she was dead.
"The smell was suffocating and when I asked what had happened the younger boy said they had locked her in after she died and hadn’t told anyone because they were afraid of being scolded.
"The seemed quite numb but calm."
The boys’ father Yuan Su, 40, died three years ago and the family had been struggling to survive ever since.
Mum Deng’s health had deteriorated after relatives put them up in a ramshackle old house and she eventually died of malnutrition.
Neighbour Yul Tao, 33, said: "People did what they could for her but mental problems meant she couldn’t find work after the death of her husband and she was relying on handouts from relatives who are also poor."
A police spokesman said: "This was a tragic death in tragic circumstances and the children are receiving counselling."
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