A father in China who was jailed for stealing to cover the cost of his son’s cancer treatment was still behind bars when the boy died.
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In place of a normal farewell, to fulfil the boy’s wishes, his ashes were scattered in a lake near the prison where he is being held.
Yu Haibo, 29, grew up in a farming family in China’s northeastern Jilin province.
After leaving school in his teens, he worked as a chef and welder and married his girlfriend, Zhang Mingyu before turning 20.
In 2014, their son Jiayue was born. Yu worked at a car factory, earning just over 2,000 yuan (US$300) a month, while Zhang stayed home to care for their child.
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