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M.B. Mack

Alternative Healer Sent to Prison for Letting Screaming, Vomiting Patient Die During Controversial 'Slapping Therapy' Workshop

Hongchi Xiao was found guilty of manslaughter. (Credit: CPS/PA)

A controversial alternative healer has been sentenced to prison after a woman died during one of his "slapping therapy" workshops in England.

Hongchi Xiao promoted a self-devised practice called "paida lajin," which he claimed could cure illnesses through slapping and stretching, purportedly releasing "poisonous waste" from the body, East Bay Times reported.

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