CHINA MOTHER-TO-BE PUSHED OFF CLIFF IN THAILAND BY HUSBAND, KILLING BABY, EXPLAINS HER RETURN TO SCENE OF TRAGEDY

Husband tries to kill pregnant wife for money on 2019 trip to Thailand
She survives 34-metre drop, breaks 17 bones, is finally able to walk again

A woman from China who returned to Thailand to thank tourism workers who came to her aid after she was pushed off a cliff by her husband - while pregnant - said the death of a good friend's mother prompted her trip.

Using the alias Wang Nuannuan on Douyin, she told how she had plunged down a 34-metre-high cliff while on holiday in Thailand in June 2019 after her husband shoved her, mainland news outlet The Cover reported.

She suffered 17 broken bones but survived. Sadly, the three-month-old baby she was carrying did not.

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Wang returned to the Pha Taem National Park on April 20 to express her gratitude to workers who had joined the rescue team.

"The unexpected death of my good friend's mother made me reflect on many things. I don't want to leave regrets. I wanted to visit the people who gave me a helping hand," Wang said.

She described it as a "thanksgiving trip" during which she cried and hugged the people who had shown her such kindness in her time of need.

"Once I thought I would only gain courage to return to this place after 10 or 20 years. But 10 years is too long. No one knows what the future holds, " she said.

Alongside a video of her trip on Douyin, Wang wrote: "Returning here, I realised that I could manage to survive, not because of a miracle, but because many people tried their best to help me."

Another video showed her at a local police station thanking officers who investigated her case, and giving them a red silk gratitude banner embroidered with Chinese and Thai characters.

The two videos of her have received a combined 900,000 likes on Douyin, with thousands of people leaving comments.

"Your strong spirit has inspired everyone. I admire you," one person said.

"A person like you who bears gratitude in her heart will have good luck. I hope you will live peacefully and happily in the future," another commented.

Wang underwent multiple operations and received intensive rehabilitation treatment in the years following the incident, until she was finally able to walk again.

Her husband, Yu Xiaodong, was sentenced to 33 years and four months by a Thai court in June last year after a third hearing of the case.

Wang said Yu intended to kill her so he could inherit tens of millions of yuan (millions of US dollars) of her assets to settle his gambling debts. She had a lucrative business trading with Thailand.

She filed for divorce last year because it took her a long time preparing documents that had to be collected from both Chinese and Thai authorities.