From article, 'As netizens in China debate penalties for child trafficking — and...
From article, 'As netizens in China debate penalties for child trafficking ��� and commentators write about need for increased legal enforcement against this crime ��� we share a Caixin story from three years ago. Here's the moment of the return of kidnapped babies to the village from where they'd been taken:
"... when the bus arrived in the county township of Liangshan, which was classified as a national-level poor county, no mother rushed forward to fetch their infant. No one covered their little darling with hysterical kisses as we had expected. The streets were extremely quiet. The filming and interviews that the cameraman and I had planned came to nothing.
"The infants were settled in two empty rooms at the local martyrs' cemetery so their mothers could come and claim them. We waited outside with our cameras set up hoping to catch images of happy reunions. Yet nothing happened.
"After nearly a day of waiting, the local department of civil affairs posted a notice informing the families who had lost their babies to collect them. Still, nothing.
"Finally, a local told me that I was never going to see a mother come. 'These mothers don't want their babies anymore. These are goods they have sold. Have you ever seen a shopkeeper who has sold his goods feel happy to see them returned?' he said.
"His words shocked us."
Why Babies Are Sold for 1,000 Yuan
english.caixin.com
Breaking up infant-trafficking rings is laudable, but the government must address the poverty that prompts families to sell a child
"... when the bus arrived in the county township of Liangshan, which was classified as a national-level poor county, no mother rushed forward to fetch their infant. No one covered their little darling with hysterical kisses as we had expected. The streets were extremely quiet. The filming and interviews that the cameraman and I had planned came to nothing.
"The infants were settled in two empty rooms at the local martyrs' cemetery so their mothers could come and claim them. We waited outside with our cameras set up hoping to catch images of happy reunions. Yet nothing happened.
"After nearly a day of waiting, the local department of civil affairs posted a notice informing the families who had lost their babies to collect them. Still, nothing.
"Finally, a local told me that I was never going to see a mother come. 'These mothers don't want their babies anymore. These are goods they have sold. Have you ever seen a shopkeeper who has sold his goods feel happy to see them returned?' he said.
"His words shocked us."
Why Babies Are Sold for 1,000 Yuan
english.caixin.com
Breaking up infant-trafficking rings is laudable, but the government must address the poverty that prompts families to sell a child
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