Tied, beaten and fed burnt food: Nanny sisters in Taiwan accused of torturing baby boy to death

A one-year-old boy in Taiwan has died from abuse after living with a pair of nanny sisters for three months, according to Taiwan media reports.

In September last year, the Liu sisters took the toddler Kaikai under their care, as assigned by non-governmental organisation Taiwan Child Welfare League Foundation (TCWLF).

Kaikai had been sent to the organisation by his grandmother after his mother was jailed and his father disappeared.

Instead of caring for him, however, the sisters, who are in their 50s, allegedly fed him burnt food, beat him and tied him up at night when he slept.

When Kaikai was eventually sent to the hospital due to breathing difficulties on Dec 24, 2023, he died.

Although the nannies reportedly claimed he had choked on milk, the doctors suspected something more sinister because of the injuries they found on the boy.

Kaikai's skull was sunken in, his hips and legs had broken bones, and he had no fingernails and only eight teeth.

Soon after, an investigation was launched and the police detained the sisters.

Further probes revealed that Kaikai was also reportedly fed burnt food scraps from a paper cup and he had to eat in the bathroom.

If he failed to finish his food or disobeyed any order, he would allegedly be beaten or made to stand still. If he moved while standing, he would be beaten.

When he slept, the sisters allegedly tied his body to prevent him from moving.

Kaikai was also reportedly treated like a plaything. The elder Liu purportedly tried to fold him in half — tying his feet to his head, stuffing him inside a bucket, and taking and sending pictures of this to her sister.

According to Taiwan media publication Tai Sounds, the elder Liu told the police that she abused Kaikai because she found him