The mother of a B.C. international student says an unsanctioned kickboxing tournament left her son in a vegetative state last fall.
Zhenhuan Lei had been living in B.C. for five years and was pursuing a P.h.D. in chemistry at the University of British Columbia, when he enrolled in the tournament in October.
Lei’s mother, Ying Li, says the event was advertised as a “light” and “controlled” competition, but that when her son left he had an internal brain bleed.
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