A Chinese teenager sent to an internet addiction¹ rehabilitation² camp has allegedly been beaten to death by its counsellors, according to reports.

报道称，一名中国青少年被送往网瘾戒除夏令营，结果却被辅导员打死。

A number of employees of the Qihang Salvation⁴ Training Camp in Nanning have been arrested over the death, his father Deng Fei told the Global Times.

The camp had promised to put Deng Senshan, 15, under 24-hour supervision⁵.

China is increasingly taking action against what it sees as a pandemic of web addiction.

Some estimates suggest up to 10% of the country's 100 million teenage web users could be addicted⁶, and a growing number of rehabilitation（复原） services exist.

However, there is little consensus⁷（一致，合意） on how to treat the addiction. In July, China's Ministry⁸ of Health formally banned the use of electroshock therapy as a treatment option.

According to the China Daily newspaper, an agreement the teenagers' parents signed with the camp said: "The centre can take necessary approaches including punishment to educate the teenager, as long as the approaches will not abuse the child or impair⁹（损害） his health."

Camp staff are alleged³ to have put the teenager in solitary¹⁰ confinement¹¹（单独监禁） on Saturday and then beaten him that evening.