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Anger in China after women lock crying toddler in plane toilet to ‘educate’ her
After video of incident causes online outrage, airline says girl was taken to lavatory with grandmother’s consent
Two women in China have been accused of child abuse after they separated a crying toddler from her grandmother and locked her in the toilet of a plane, on a domestic flight.
In a video uploaded by one of the women to social media, the girl can been seen wailing and trying to get out of the locked lavatory door. One of the women can be heard saying “if you stop crying, you can go out” and “if you stop crying, auntie will take you back to grandma”. Neither of the women are thought to be related to the child.
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