Husband who abandoned his wife for general paralysis and ran away by selling his house...I'd rather be in prison. I'm angry
Oct 17, 2025
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According to the South China Morning Post, a 36-year-old woman who worked as a tour guide in Jiangsu Province, China, suddenly showed symptoms of paralysis in her legs in 2017, when she was in her fourth year of marriage, and was later diagnosed with a rare central nervous system disease and suffered a general paralysis.
Unable to move on his own, he had to rely on a wheelchair.
But her pain did not end here.
Husband B, who urged A to sell the house, disappeared with 1 million yuan (about 200 million won) in the sale price.
As a result, A sued her husband in a court in Nanjing for abandonment, and B, who had disappeared for five years, was arrested at the end of 2022.
In a police investigation, he reportedly said "It's better to go to jail instead"
In March 2023, B was sentenced to 10 months in prison for abandonment, and A chose prison over her husband being held accountable"He filed for divorce and was approved by the court.
The incident sparked a heated debate online in China.
Netizens are saying, "My husband is too cruel and the sentence is too light", Disagreeing opinions such as "'If it was the opposite, the wife would have protected her husband", "'Isn't it an efficient option if she can avoid caring for her whole life by serving in prison for 10 months' and '"If the house was in the name of her husband before marriage, it is not a problem to take the money.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
