Deaths of toddlers prompt calls for checks on 'dysfunctional' parents

A system regulating the temporary takeover of custody from parents who fail to fulfill their obligations needs to be established, legal experts said after two toddlers left home alone were found starved to death.

The bodies of the two girls, ages 1 and 3, were discovered in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Friday. The 22-year-old mother, identified only as Le by police, has been held on suspicion of murder.