China’s elderly can sue children for neglect

Country’s one-child policy blamed for increasing cases of neglect in rapidly ageing population.

The government has passed a law that allows elderly parents to sue children who don’t visit them.

The country’s one-child policy is being blamed for increasing cases of neglect in a rapidly ageing population.

But the new law has been criticised for being too vague. Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler reports from Hong Kong.

Source: Al Jazeera