China businessman offering US$1.4 million to find long-lost son hassled by gold-digging imposters who call him ‘dad’
- Wealthy father gets 8-9 phone calls from strangers pestering him daily
- Dad, 51, angered by man 10 years his junior who insists he is long-lost son
A 51-year-old millionaire in southeastern China says he is fed up with strangers claiming to be his child after he offered a 10 million-yuan (US$1.4 million) reward for finding his long-lost son.
Xie Yue, an entrepreneur from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, has been bombarded by people wanting to have a DNA test with him, including a man only 10 years younger who insists on calling him “dad”.
In December last year, he said he was willing to pay anybody who could provide clues as to the whereabouts of Xie Haonan, who was born in 1998 and went missing in Shenzhen when he was just three years old.
The large sum of money has attracted widespread attention including harassment from many people “who do not live by honest labour”, Xie said.
“I receive about eight to nine phone calls every day from people who directly call me dad,” he said.
“A man of 41 years old came to my office, saying he is my son and wanting the DNA test. I am only 51. So it’s impossible for me to be his father,” Xie said.