Child abductor allowed contact
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February 11, 2011, Friday
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A MAN who was reunited with his son three years after the boy was abducted said he would allow the woman whose husband stole the child to stay in touch with the boy.
"I will let Lele stay in touch with the 'mother'," said Peng Gaofeng, referring to the woman who had "adopted" Peng Wenle, who is known to his family as Lele.
Peng refused to identify the woman, but said she had treated Lele well and sent him to school in the city of Pizhou in Jiangsu Province.
"I really hate her, but I have given up the right to sue her, because I see my boy is really attached to her. I do not want him to hate me in the future. The only thing I want is his health, both physically and mentally," said Peng, 33.
Lele, now 6, was snatched from near the family's shop in Shenzhen in Guangdong Province in 2008, sparking a 1,007-day search that came to an end after a stranger uploaded a photograph of the boy to a microblog dedicated to rescuing stolen children.
The abductor and his wife raised Lele as their own son, renaming him Han Weicheng. The boy was said to be a good student in school.
Since the man died of cancer last year, the adoptive mother and the couple's real teenage daughter had lived an impoverished life, said Peng.
"Her condition was not good, but she still treated my son well and sent him to school," Peng said yesterday, as father and son headed back to their small rural home.
After the abduction, the distraught parents turned to the police, journalists, government officials and even passersby outside their shop. Peng blogged about his efforts and his anguish.
A breakthrough came when a student saw a picture of three-year-old Peng Wenle on a microblog set up by Deng Fei, a reporter at the Phoenix Weekly magazine, to rescue stolen children.
The student recognized the boy in Pizhou, took a photograph of him and sent it to the microblog.
The student's actions proved decisive and police used the picture to track the boy down.
Peng recalled the fear he felt when he first saw his son Lele. "I was afraid it wasn't him," he said. "I had been disappointed countless times since the day he was lost. Every new lead ended with a sad result and I dreaded going home to tell my wife."
Deng Fei said the campaign had been initiated by the public and the reunion was a result of public cooperation.
"No one is a hero. We do it because we are also parents," said Deng.
"I will let Lele stay in touch with the 'mother'," said Peng Gaofeng, referring to the woman who had "adopted" Peng Wenle, who is known to his family as Lele.
Peng refused to identify the woman, but said she had treated Lele well and sent him to school in the city of Pizhou in Jiangsu Province.
"I really hate her, but I have given up the right to sue her, because I see my boy is really attached to her. I do not want him to hate me in the future. The only thing I want is his health, both physically and mentally," said Peng, 33.
Lele, now 6, was snatched from near the family's shop in Shenzhen in Guangdong Province in 2008, sparking a 1,007-day search that came to an end after a stranger uploaded a photograph of the boy to a microblog dedicated to rescuing stolen children.
The abductor and his wife raised Lele as their own son, renaming him Han Weicheng. The boy was said to be a good student in school.
Since the man died of cancer last year, the adoptive mother and the couple's real teenage daughter had lived an impoverished life, said Peng.
"Her condition was not good, but she still treated my son well and sent him to school," Peng said yesterday, as father and son headed back to their small rural home.
After the abduction, the distraught parents turned to the police, journalists, government officials and even passersby outside their shop. Peng blogged about his efforts and his anguish.
A breakthrough came when a student saw a picture of three-year-old Peng Wenle on a microblog set up by Deng Fei, a reporter at the Phoenix Weekly magazine, to rescue stolen children.
The student recognized the boy in Pizhou, took a photograph of him and sent it to the microblog.
The student's actions proved decisive and police used the picture to track the boy down.
Peng recalled the fear he felt when he first saw his son Lele. "I was afraid it wasn't him," he said. "I had been disappointed countless times since the day he was lost. Every new lead ended with a sad result and I dreaded going home to tell my wife."
Deng Fei said the campaign had been initiated by the public and the reunion was a result of public cooperation.
"No one is a hero. We do it because we are also parents," said Deng.
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