Ah Cheng’s life seems miserable. She is skinny, weighing only 25 kg, and can not stand upright as she has been paralyzed since infancy.
But the greatest plague in her life was a abusive husband who treated her like a human punching bag for years. One night in 1995, with a kitchen knife, Ah Cheng killed her sleeping husband and ended up serving life in prison.
Chinese prisons now jail a rising number of women offenders like Ah Cheng, who were victims of domestic violence that retaliated by killing or wounding their husbands or other family members.
Twenty-two provinces have formulated regulations against domestic violence, according to this April People’s Daily report.
