Chinese baby returned to parents who left him by roadside
Police said parents abandoned six-month-old because they were arguing
A six-month-old boy has been reunited with his parents after they abandoned him on the side of a road in southern China because they were quarrelling.
The boy was found by a passer-by on the side of a road in a town in Dongguan, Guangdong province, on Saturday afternoon and his parents were nowhere nearby, Guangzhou Daily reported.
The police were called to the scene and took the baby to hospital, where he underwent a comprehensive medical checkup that showed he was not suffering any serious illness, the report said.
The doctor told the newspaper the boy had some mosquito bites and a rash but he was otherwise healthy.
The boy stayed in the hospital where he was taken care of by nurses.