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The 9-year-old brother recharged 140,000 yuan in 14 days to reward the anchor, but his father was furious and asked for a refund but was refused. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)

A 9-year-old boy in mainland China recharged more than 140,000 yuan 56 times in just 14 days to reward game anchors. After the child’s father failed to apply for a refund, he filed a lawsuit in court, demanding that the platform company involved return more than 140,000 yuan. On February 25, the Guizhou Provincial Higher People’s Court announced this case. After court mediation, the platform involved returned 70%. The court held that the behavior of the child involved was an invalid civil legal act, but his father also made certain mistakes in custody and other aspects.

According to comprehensive mainland media reports, the incident occurred in October and November last year, when Xiao Xian, who was born in January 2014, was only 9 years old. Before that, when Xiao Zhou went to the supermarket with his father, he watched his father pay and secretly remembered his father’s WeChat payment password. In May last year, he used his father’s mobile phone to secretly register an account with a short video technology company, and then watched videos on a short video platform many times.

On October 30 last year, Xiao Zhou came across the barrage game on the short video platform. He was deeply impressed when he watched the game anchor’s witty remarks and fierce operations. Subsequently, without his father’s knowledge, he used his father’s mobile phone to recharge the short video platform 56 times within 14 days, totaling more than 140,000 yuan, which was used to purchase virtual currency to reward multiple game anchors on the platform. The single recharge amounts of these recharges are mostly 1,688 yuan, 3,000 yuan, 5,000 yuan, and 8,888 yuan.

After Xiao Zhou’s father found out, he educated Xiao Zhou and applied for a refund from the short video platform. Because they could not reach an agreement, Xiao Zhou’s father filed a lawsuit with the People’s Court of Sansui County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou, demanding that the short video platform technology company return the recharge amount of more than 140,000 yuan.

After Xiao Zhou’s father provided a large amount of surveillance video evidence, the court held that the reward behavior involved was carried out by Xiao Zhou using his father’s mobile phone, and the counterparty to the contract was Xiao Zhou. Xiao Zhou was 9 years old when he purchased virtual coins for rewards. As a person with limited capacity for civil conduct, his father later refused to ratify the reward behavior. This behavior should be an invalid civil legal act.

The court also held that parents should manage the use of electronic products by their minor children, perform their guardianship duties in daily life, and have the obligation to keep their mobile phones and various payment accounts and passwords. In this case, Xiao Zhou’s father failed to perform his guardianship duties and failed to properly keep his mobile phone and payment password, which led to Xiao Zhou taking the opportunity to purchase virtual coins for rewards. Xiao Zhou’s father also made certain mistakes. In the end, after multiple court mediations, the two parties voluntarily reached a mediation agreement, and the short video technology company involved returned 70% of the recharge amount, or more than 100,000 yuan.

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2024-02-25 12:02:39