HK woman secretly sells elder son's 15-year gold savings to pay for younger son's house

Chinese media recently reported on a man who had 15 years' worth of gold that he had been saving, sold off by his mother.

The man had been buying gold every month since graduating.

He had planned to use that gold eventually for his future home.

According to VNExpress, when he opened his safe to cash out some of the gold, he found it empty.

He had an estimated HK3.5 million (S$567,000) worth of gold saved up.

The mother knew the safe code as she often helped him buy the gold.

When he confronted his mother, she admitted to selling it off to help his younger brother buy a flat.

She reasoned that he could start saving again, but that his younger brother could not go through with a wedding without an apartment.

She also said his brother would pay him back in instalments.

The man's father also allegedly threatened the man with a kitchen knife and ordered him to leave the house.

While the man initially demanded his brother pay the full sum within three days, he eventually decided not to press charges as he did not want his parents to suffer legal consequences.

The man said he treated a third of the stolen amount as a wedding gift, saying his bond with the family ends there.

He also said he does not plan to attend his brother's wedding.

Image from China Herald and China News (illustration)