The Lin and Xie case is an incident of a woman cutting off her husband's penis, that took place in
Dongguan
Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the s ...
,
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
,
People's Republic of China
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in 2009. A family couple with husband Lin Mouru (林某儒, Mandarin: ''Lín Mǒurú'', Jyutping: ''lam4 mau5 jyu4'') and wife Xie Mouman (Simplified: 谢某曼, Traditional: 謝某曼, Mandarin: ''Xiè Mǒumàn'', Jyutping: ''ze6 mau5 maan6'') were in a decade-long marriage.
[Sina.com.]
Sina.com
" ''男子带二奶回家半夜被妻子剪掉命根.'' Retrieved on 2009-07-30. One day, husband Lin brought home a mistress, and requested that they have a
threesome
In human sexuality, a threesome is commonly understood as "a sexual interaction between three people whereby at least one engages in physical sexual behaviour with both the other individuals". Though ''threesome'' most commonly refers to sexua ...
and live together. His wife Xie completely disagreed with the idea, and wanted a divorce. After a confrontational dispute, Xie cut off her husband's
penis
A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males do n ...
. The
Dongguan
Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the s ...
court sentenced her to prison for 10 years.
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Netease
" ''男子带二奶回家欲与妻同床 熟睡时命根被剪.'' Retrieved on 2009-07-30.
Incident
Xie Mouman (37 years old in 2009) is originally from
Xinyi, Guangdong
Xinyi, alternately romanized as Sunyi, is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Maoming in the southwestern corner of the province, bordering Guangxi to the west. As of the ...
. In 1997 the couple married.
['' Guangzhou Daily''.]
Guangzhou daily
." ''妻子怒剪丈夫命根子.'' Retrieved on 2009-07-30. They have three children, aged 8–11 in 2009. In December 2008 Lin told his wife he had a mistress and he suggested they all live together in the same household.
On February 24, 2009 Xie asked for a divorce, but Lin refused. The couple argued for five hours.
Xie alleged that he hit her multiple times and threatened to choke her and their three children to death.
Two days later on February 26, 2009, Xie bought a pair of scissors from a grocery store. She cut his
penis
A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males do n ...
off while he was sleeping. Xie escaped from her home and ended up in
Wanjiang District
Wanjiang Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of the city of Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. It is also the home of the world's largest shopping mall, New South China Mall
South China Mall () in Dongguan, China (formerly New South China Mall) is ...
,
Dongguan
Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the s ...
.
She was captured by the public security bureau (公安机关) two days later.
Aftermath
On July 27, 2009 Dongguan court sentenced Xie to 10 years in prison.
See also
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Catherine Kieu
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History of Guangzhou
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