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Girl sold herself for mom: Dilemma of Internet charity
(Southern Metropolis Daily/zonaeu)
Updated: 2005-11-07 09:39 As for the house, Chen Yi said that in order to raise money to treat her
mother, they sold the house given to her father by the National Land Bureau and
they are now living in the dormitory of the Prosecutorial Office at 90 yuan per
month in rent.
Chen Yi
[baidu] | Chen Yi's uncle Yi Lianggan explained that the National Land Bureau's house
was a welfare gift; it was old and not worth much. Later on, Yi Liangwei
obtained a mortgage for a 220 square meter home that was built by the city
Prosecutorial Office.
She had to let that go when she needed to treat her disease. Later, her
condition improved and she bought a 120 square meter home also belonging to the
city Prosecutorial Office. But Yi Liangwei bid for two units so that Yi Lianggan
could also purchase one unit. However, Yi Lianggan quickly sold his unit.
Therefore it was a misunderstanding for Yi Liangwei's co-workers to state that
she owned two apartment units.
This year, Yi Liangwei's condition worsened and that 120 square meter unit
was sold before they even moved in. The buyer is a woman named Xie, and the
price should be less than 100,000 yuan.
On October 23, Yi Lianggan took the reporter to visit the home of Chen Yi and
her mother. He pointed to a set of solid wood furniture and said that they were
presents from him.
Those were the only decent looking furniture in the home. The apartment
really did not look good. It was dark even in broad daylight. Apart from a 29"
television set, there was basically no good consumer electronic items. The
clothes were washed with a made-in-Taiwan double-vat machine. Chen Yi's room had
an old carpet which was given to her after a relative's work unit was
eliminated.
Based upon these investigations, Chen Yi's mother was genuinely ill and her
family cannot bear the costs of all the medical expenses. But she also
selectively concealed certain information not conducive to generating donations.
After those details were disclosed, Chen Yi did not seriously respond to the
doubts.
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