Chinese couple hope to be reunited with daughter snatched by officials 32 years ago
- Baby was taken from them in 1986 because they had broken the one-child policy
- DNA tests confirm that the girl given up for adoption was really their daughter
A couple from southwest China who had their daughter taken away from them 32 years ago have finally found her, state media has reported.
An official from Zigong in Sichuan province told news portal Thepaper.cn that DNA tests had confirmed that the girl was Zhou Yousheng and Zou Guifang’s daughter.
The report said that their third child, whom they named Hongxia, had been taken away from them when she was around two months old by an official from the family planning department, who told them they had breached the one-child policy.
Zhou told the news portal that in July 1986, three village officials had ordered them to visit a family planning office in Zigong’s Chengjia district.
When they arrived, officials said that their first child had been born out of wedlock, while their second and third children had violated the family planning policy so they should be fined 3,000 yuan.