The young boy shows off the scars on his back from alleged abuse by his adoptive parents. [Photo/IC]

The police bureau in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, has announced on Sunday that a woman was detained for physically abusing her adopted son.

According to the police, the boy was abused by his adoptive mother because he could not finish the extra homework she gave him.

Scars were found on the boy’s hands, feet and back. According to the police, he was hit with a scratching rod, whipped with ropes and kicked.

The woman, who is in her 50s, has been detained by police for allegedcrime of willful and malicious injury, and the boy has been temporarily placed with his biological parents.

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