In March lawmakers in Telangana(特伦甘纳邦), a state in southern India, passed a bill mandating that up to 15% of an adult offspring(子女；后代)’s salary can be redirected into their parents’ bank accounts if they are found to be neglect(忽视；疏于照顾)ing them. According to Revanth Reddy, Telangana’s chief minister, children who fail to care for their parents are “not qualified to live in society”(不照顾父母的子女“没有资格在社会中生活”).
今年3月，印度南部特伦甘纳邦的立法者通过了一项法案，规定如果发现成年子女忽视父母，可将他们工资的至多15%直接转入父母的银行账户。据该邦首席部长雷文斯·雷迪称，不照顾父母的子女“没有资格在社会中生活”。
Across Asia, the instinct(本能；冲动) to punish unfilial(不孝的) children—pioneered in 1995 by Singapore with its Maintenance of Parents Act—is spreading. Malaysia is pursuing filial obligation on two tracks(双管齐下；通过两条途径): a secular(世俗的；非宗教的) Senior Citizens Bill protecting elders from abuse or abandonment, and sharia(伊斯兰教法) court amendments allowing Islamic courts to hear parental-maintenance claims. MPs in the Philippines have filed a Parents Welfare Act for the third time since 2016 to punish wrongdoer(做坏事的人；违法者)s with up to ten years in prison.
在整个亚洲，惩罚不孝子女的倾向——1995年由新加坡通过《赡养父母法》率先发起——正在蔓延。马来西亚正通过两条路径追究子女的赡养义务：一部保护老年人免受虐待或遗弃的世俗《老年人法案》，以及允许伊斯兰法庭审理赡养费案件的伊斯兰法庭修正案。菲律宾议员自2016年以来第三次提出《父母福利法案》，以最高十年监禁惩罚违规者。
These are the latest additions to a lengthening list(不断加长的名单). China has since 2013 required adult offspring to visit ageing parents “often”, on pain of fines or jail. In Shanghai those who defy(违抗；蔑视) court orders to provide for(赡养；供养) their parents are put on a credit blacklist(黑名单). Many countries including South Korea, India and Japan set out legal protections for the elderly against abuse, including financial exploitation(剥削；利用).
这些是不断增多的名单上的最新条目。自2013年以来，中国要求成年子女“经常”探望年迈父母，否则将面临罚款或监禁。在上海，无视法院供养父母命令的人会被列入信用黑名单。包括韩国、印度和日本在内的许多国家都制定了针对老年人免受虐待（包括经济剥削）的法律保护。
