Web reunites father and trafficked son
By Wang Qingchu |
February 9, 2011, Wednesday
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A FATHER was yesterday reunited with his son who was snatched by traffickers three years ago, following an Internet campaign.
The boy, now aged seven, was abducted in south China's Guangdong Province in 2008 and was found in a village in Jiangsu Province, east China.
Deng Fei, a journalist and campaigner against child trafficking, broadcast Peng Gaofeng being reunited with his son, Peng Wenle, on his microblog on t.sina.com.cn.
Web users had provided information on the boy's whereabouts after seeing his photograph posted on Deng's microblog last September. They hailed the rescue as "a miracle created by the Internet."
Peng Gaofeng, Shenzhen police and Deng found the boy in a village in Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province. The boy recognized his father immediately. "The one who is crying is my father. I remember him," said Peng Wenle.
When the child telephoned his mother, he called her "mama" in the dialect of Hubei Province, where he was born. After a blood test confirmed Peng Gaofeng was the boy's biological father, he was allowed to take the boy home.
The child had been well cared for by his foster parents over the past three years, and his foster mother wept when he left. It is not known if they bought him from human traffickers.
Peng Gaofeng was overcome with emotion on being reunited with his son. He had almost used up his savings in a relentless search for the boy over the past three years.
Peng Wenle was snatched in a street in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
His father made a huge illuminated sign imploring passers-by to "Look for my son" and offered a 100,000 yuan (US$15,165) reward at his store in Shenzhen. He also began a blog and joined forces with other parents in the same situation.
Stolen children are often sold to childless couples or those who favor boys or girls. The abductors often force other children to beg. To earn sympathy, some have been deliberately handicapped.
Chinese police launched a crackdown on trafficking in April 2009 and had found more than 6,700 children by last November, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Officers also set up a database of DNA samples from children suspected of being kidnapped and their parents. This has helped reunite 813 children with their parents, the ministry said last September.
The boy, now aged seven, was abducted in south China's Guangdong Province in 2008 and was found in a village in Jiangsu Province, east China.
Deng Fei, a journalist and campaigner against child trafficking, broadcast Peng Gaofeng being reunited with his son, Peng Wenle, on his microblog on t.sina.com.cn.
Web users had provided information on the boy's whereabouts after seeing his photograph posted on Deng's microblog last September. They hailed the rescue as "a miracle created by the Internet."
Peng Gaofeng, Shenzhen police and Deng found the boy in a village in Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province. The boy recognized his father immediately. "The one who is crying is my father. I remember him," said Peng Wenle.
When the child telephoned his mother, he called her "mama" in the dialect of Hubei Province, where he was born. After a blood test confirmed Peng Gaofeng was the boy's biological father, he was allowed to take the boy home.
The child had been well cared for by his foster parents over the past three years, and his foster mother wept when he left. It is not known if they bought him from human traffickers.
Peng Gaofeng was overcome with emotion on being reunited with his son. He had almost used up his savings in a relentless search for the boy over the past three years.
Peng Wenle was snatched in a street in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
His father made a huge illuminated sign imploring passers-by to "Look for my son" and offered a 100,000 yuan (US$15,165) reward at his store in Shenzhen. He also began a blog and joined forces with other parents in the same situation.
Stolen children are often sold to childless couples or those who favor boys or girls. The abductors often force other children to beg. To earn sympathy, some have been deliberately handicapped.
Chinese police launched a crackdown on trafficking in April 2009 and had found more than 6,700 children by last November, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Officers also set up a database of DNA samples from children suspected of being kidnapped and their parents. This has helped reunite 813 children with their parents, the ministry said last September.
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