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In March, lawmakers in Telangana, a state in southern India, passed a bill mandating
that up to 15% of an adult offspring's salary can be redirected
into their parents' bank accounts if they are found to be neglecting them.
According to Revant Reddy, Telangana's chief minister, children
who fail to care for their parents are not qualified to live in society.
Across Asia, the instinct to punish unfilial children,
pioneered in 1995 by Singapore with its Maintenance of Parents Act, is spreading.
Malaysia is pursuing filial obligation on two tracks,
a secular senior citizens bill, protecting elders from abuse or abandonment,
and Sharia court amendments, allowing Islamic courts to hear parental maintenance claims.
MPs in the Philippines have filed a Parents' Welfare
Act for the third time since 2016 to punish wrongdoers with up to 10 years in prison.
These are the latest additions to a lengthening list.
China has since 2013 required adult offspring to visit aging parents, often on pain of fines or jail.
In Shanghai, those who defy court orders to provide for their parents are put on a credit blacklist.
Many countries, including South Korea, India and Japan,