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Judge grants divorce for husband henpecked from afar
54-year-old Mr. Yang earns NT$70,000 (US $2,200) a month in his government job
but after slaving away for most of his working life
he still lived in a tiny en-suite room
Nine years ago, when his family emigrated to Canada without him,
Mr. Yang·s wife used seven strategies to keep him under her thumb
#1: His salary is wired straight into her account
#2: She has all his travel and ID documents
Mr. Yang is only allowed to hold on to his National Health Insurance card.
#3: His allowance is only NT$ 6,000 (US $190) for the month
Mr. Yang often went hungry and had to borrow money from friends
#4: If he goes over his allowance, he has to show his wife a receipt
and put himself at her mercy
#5: He has to check in with his wife on video chat on time every night
if he is late, his wife will start repeatedly calling his cell phone
#6: She always checks on his cell phone to track his whereabouts
#7: Surprise inspections at work
Mrs. Yang has been known to turn up at construction sites looking for her husband.
Pushed to the edge by Mrs. Yang·s controlling behavior,
Mr. Yang sued for divorce
Judge: ;Are you treating your husband as a spouse or as a child?:
The judge granted the divorce, and fined Mrs. Yang
NT $100,000 (US $ 3,100) as compensation for emotional damage
Mrs. Yang might have won every battle in her marriage
but in the end she lost her marriage
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