A FATHER locked his 21-year-old son in a tiny wooden BOX � as punishment for stealing chickens. In the basement of his home in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Johan Knelsen lived in the 10ft-by-6ft filing cabinet-style cage for eight weeks before police arrived.
His father, David Knelsen, a Canadian, told authorities his son was mentally ill and needed punishing for taking three chickens.Local media reported Johan was also in his father's bad books for using a phone.
The family is part of a certain Mennonite denomination which strictly interprets the Bible and shuns the use of technology.
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