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NANJING - A Chinese court on Wednesday decided the producer of a popular animation was partly to blame for injuries to two children when another child imitated an episode of the TV series.
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The two brothers, Ran Ran, 7, and Hao Hao, 4, from Donghai County in east China's Jiangsu Province, were badly burnt on April 6, when they were tied to a tree and set alight by their friend Shun Shun, 10, who confessed he was imitating a scene from the cartoon "Xi Yangyang & Hui Tailang (Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf)".
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& R" b) D7 A2 g; j5 C- SHao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body.
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Shun Shun's legal guardians and the cartoon producer -- Guangzhou's Creative Power Entertaining Co., Ltd. -- are jointly responsible for the two brothers' injuries, according to the verdict of the court.
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. ?: Y% p( U5 }( ]The cartoon is aimed at children, so producers are obliged to scrutinize violence carefully, said the court, adding that inappropriate scenes should be edited out and warnings given.$ T+ s% q* O7 I9 m( P. \% n: v
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The cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said.$ o7 Q/ a9 E# [ K2 d! [
1 j- j( G, T; ?+ L. K/ ]According to the ruling, Shun Shun's guardians will pay 60 percent of the injured brothers' compensation and the cartoon producer will shoulder 15 percent.. Z) e. N7 y9 o
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2 ?. {. _. e U C5 IFrom:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/chi ... ontent_17183285.htm |
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