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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris

RARE PHOTOS: Healer accused of manslaughter learnt slapping therapy from kung fu masters - The Real Truth

Hongchi Xiao in court.
Hongchi Xiao told Winchester crown court that he would never advise someone with type 1 diabetes to stop taking insulin. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

An alternative healer accused of the manslaughter of a British woman with diabetes who died at his slapping therapy workshop has told a jury that he learned his method from kung fu masters and hermits in China.

Hongchi Xiao said paida lajin therapy could combat all diseases including diabetes, but he also insisted he would never tell a person with type 1 diabetes to stop taking insulin.

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