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China: Orphanage director sold kids
News 24 (South Africa) ^
| Febrary 25, 2006
Posted on 02/25/2006 9:37:11 PM PST by Stoat
Orphanage director sold kids
25/02/2006 20:49 - (SA)
Beijing - A Chinese orphanage director and nine others have been found guilty of buying and selling scores of infants, later adopted by foreign parents. China's official Xinhua news agency said another 22 officials were fired in the trafficking case in the southern city of Hengyang, Hunan province. Chinese police say the traffickers bought children who had been abducted from their families and sold them to welfare homes in Hengyang for about 4 000 yuan (R3 800) each. The social welfare homes then had the infants adopted by foreigners who made "donations" for the adoptions. The trade continued from 2002 to 2005. Xinhua reports the trafficking of 78 babies in 2005. |
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicom; children; china; humantrafficking; orphanage
Please say a prayer tonight for all of the children who are treated with such unspeakable brutality, oftentimes by those very people charged with keeping them safe.
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:37:13 PM PST
by
Stoat
To: Stoat
Makes me wonder if there will be some sort of investigation to learn who got those children and demand that they be returned.
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:39:47 PM PST
by
CometBaby
(You can twist perceptions .. reality won't budge!)
To: CometBaby
Makes me wonder if there will be some sort of investigation to learn who got those children and demand that they be returned.That would certainly be nice, but considering China's track record on human rights as well as abortion and the general lack of value given to human life there, I will not hold my breath.
I sincerely hope that I will be proven completely wrong and they will do a mammoth investigation and fully prosecute all concerned
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:44:49 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
A Chinese orphanage director and nine others have been found guilty of buying and selling scores of infants, later adopted by foreign parents."
I wonder if their relitives are expecting an invoice?
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:52:36 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
To: Stoat
So basically if you listened to Sally Struthers and were guilted into donating money, then you were very possibly funding the trafficing of stolen infants.
But surely Bono knows what he's doing, pouring billions into Africa...
To: Stoat
I sincerely hope that I will be proven completely wrong and they will do a mammoth investigation and fully prosecute all concerned.Whom? For what?
Adoption brokers? Parents? Both?
Further north in Mongolia a few years back, friends with the Foreign Service adopted an orphan girl. Not sure that any money changed hands, but I really wouldn't be surprised if there had been.
If there was some kind of irregularity, I can't imagine those caring parents being prosecuted for anything. So, I think you must have something more specific in mind.
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:05:54 PM PST
by
Racehorse
(Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
To: Calpernia
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:33:33 PM PST
by
Coleus
(What were Ted Kennedy & his nephew doing on Good Friday, 1991? Getting drunk and raping women)
To: Stoat
Well at least he sold whole kids and not just parts. Whoops. Don't want to give the Chicoms any ideas.
To: CometBaby
Being an adoptive parent that has two daughters from China. There isn't any way that the children will ever be reunited at this point. The process is final! However, that being said, the system has to have transparency across the board to keep this from happening in the first place.
My experience is that many people in China know that a child adopted by a western family will be better off living outside China. This doesn't excuse child stealing or selling that probably occurred in this case.
One last thing, my youngest daughter is from Hengnan but not from the orphanage in question.
To: Stoat
One of my all time favorite paintings. There is just something about it.
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:58:56 PM PST
by
mother22wife21
( An alert citizen is a happy citizen -famishus)
To: Racehorse
bought children who had been abducted from their families and sold them to welfare homes in Hengyang for about 4 000 yuan (R3 800) each.
The social welfare homes then had the infants adopted by foreigners who made "donations" for the adoptions.
If you can't find anyone in the above who needs prosecuting and executing well I can't help you........
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posted on
02/26/2006 6:27:23 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: festus
Reread the post and the questions.
(Didn't ask for help, only specific answers as to whom should be prosecuted and why.)
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posted on
02/26/2006 6:32:40 PM PST
by
Racehorse
(Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
To: Racehorse
If you still need those answers after reading that, well like I said I can't help you.
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posted on
02/26/2006 6:34:36 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: festus
On sending me these replies, I'm tickled pink you can't help. :D
Thnks for letting me know. Appreciate it.
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posted on
02/26/2006 6:38:02 PM PST
by
Racehorse
(Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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